On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Gene C. wrote: >Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 14:59:49 -0500 >From: Gene C. <czarcing@cox.net> >To: xfree86-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" >List-Id: Red Hat XFree86 list <xfree86-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Just drop your truetype fonts into the TTF directory > >The implication of that statement is that dropping truetype fonts into >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF (where XFree86-truetype-fonts put its fonts) is >flat wrong (at least as far as Xft/fontconfig are concerned). They will work >for legacy stuff once xfs is restarted and/or the system is rebooted. > >The problem is the fontconfig-0.0.1.020626-fontdir.patch which changes the top >font directory to be handled by Xft/fontconfig to be >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ instead of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ (this is >in the fontconfig package). > >The XFree86-truetype-fonts package does nothing to correct this situation -- >it neither fixes /etc/fonts/fonts.conf nor does it run fc-cache. > >bugzilla 77540 and 77542 Again, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF is missing from the fontconfig default configuration quite intentionally. If this is a problem for users, I can remove the ugly luxi.ttf fonts and the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF directory for the next release so as not to cause confusion for people. I only provided the font because it comes with X, and I figured I'd let the user decide wether or not they want it. Not including /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF is not a bug, it is intentional. Not running fc-cache is an oversight, but doesn't cause harm. It'll be fixed in the future. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
