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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kmail message body fonts get messed up
From:       Kuba Ober <winnie () hoth ! amu ! edu ! pl>
Date:       2000-11-01 13:55:47
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> > > The font in the message body of Kmail is currently messed up. It's set
> > > up for Helvetica 12pt, but instead I'm getting these large blocky
> > > letters. Kmail is unuseable that way. Any idea how I can fix this? I'm
> > > using Kmail 1.1.99 with KDE 2.0. Changing the type of headers that are
> > Does this happen when you start composing a new letter or when you are
> > replying to a message? If the latter, what was the charset of the
> > original message? Does changing charset in composer window menu help? And
> > what is your charset there anyway?
> Actually, it happens in the message preview pane (and if I double-click a
> message to load it in a new window) AND it happens in Konqueror on web
> pages. Out of the blue the fonts just go bad. Manually changing charsets
> and playing with fonts doesn't do anything except possibly change the size

Seems like Xserver or Xfontserver (xfs) configuration problem. Using fonts 
from (either local or remote) xfs is recommended so I presume that you're 
using xfs. You have to install both bitmapped fonts for your resolution 
(100dpi for 21" monitors and presumably 19" as well, 75 for the rest) and 
Type1 fonts at least. In case you're using xfs (ps aux | grep -xfs), see 
/etx/X11/fs/config file. This is how I've set up the catalogue line on Redhat 
7.0.

catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,
        /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1,
        /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/Type1

I've made all bitmap fonts (100dpi and misc) to be used in unscaled mode 
only. Make sure that Type1 is set up correctly (fonts.dir file, etc.)

Your problems MIGHT be distribution related as well. Which distrib are you 
using?

Kuba

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