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Subject: Re: Symbol fonts in KFormula
From: Craig Drummond <cpdrummond () freeuk ! com>
Date: 2001-11-07 10:52:54
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> Actually, this is a more general problem with KOffice fonts, but the
> immediate issue is that I can't generate any Greek letters in
KFormula!
>
> Setup is KOffice 1.1-3 running on KDE 2.2.1, on Yellowdog Linux 2.0.
This is
> a Redhat-based PPC distro running on a Mac, which may be relevant.
>
> I don't _think_ the X setup is part of the problem. I'm running
XFree86
> 4.0.2, font paths in XF86Config-4 seem to be OK, xlsfonts shows about
25
> variants of adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal, and one of
> urw-symbol-medium-r-normal.
>
> Non-KDE apps seem to be OK, for instance I can run a latex doc
through latex
> and dvips and get a ps doc with all the math symbols intact.
>
> I've read that there's some strange font behaviour produced by the
KDE
> anti-aliasing option, and I'm certainly seeing that. With AA off,
KFormula
> produces empty spaces where Greek letters should be; with it on, it
produces,
> for example, lower-case 'a' with a circle over it for Greek sigma,
and
> upper-case 'O' with a tilde over it for Greek pi.
>
> Looking at the font menu in KWord, it's only finding about 10 fonts.
gfontsel
> finds 56.
When using AA, KDE will only use/find/list fonts that are contained in
directories listed in XftConfig (either /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig,
or ~/.xftconfig). Also, only TrueType and Type1 fonts will be used.
The problem with symbol encoding may be overcome with lines in
XftConfig suuch as:
match any family == "Wingdings"
edit encoding = "glyphs-fontspecific"
>
> If anyone can sort this one out, or direct me to the appropriate FAQ,
I'd be
> _very_ grateful!
>
> thanks,
>
> Tim
>
Hope this helps...
Craig
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