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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Where are all my fonts?
From:       Rex Dieter <rdieter () math ! unl ! edu>
Date:       2005-02-01 17:52:45
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.62.0502011151320.29048 () math ! unl ! edu
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, James Richard Tyrer wrote:

> Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Many fontconfig default setups *only* display scalable fonts, and omit 
>> bitmap fonts (See /etc/fonts/fonts.conf).  Personally, I add the following 
>> to /etc/fonts/local.conf to (re)enable bitmap fonts:
>> 
>> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi</dir>
>> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi</dir>
>> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc</dir>
>
> Actually, that isn't necessary.  The file: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" should 
> contain:
>
> 	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</dir>

Not on RedHat/Fedora Core systems, which default to scalable fonts only. 
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf contains instead:
   <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1</dir>
   <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF</dir>

-- Rex


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