"Steven Raymond" <madpacket@hotmail.com> writes: > So I found a link that describes how to create a .fonts directory, > instructs you to put all of your .ttf fonts in there, restart the X > server and they will automatically be available to X applications > (with some caveats). > Can anyone point me in the direction of the documentation regarding > the new handling of fonts on Psyche? > Specifically am trying to get Xchat 1.8.10 use the .fonts directory, > but even after installing them into .fonts (and running oopadmin to > get oo.o to recognize 'em) Xchat is oblivious. There seems to be no > browse option or anything to point it into the right directory. > A more general discussion about font handling would too be > appreciated; for example are the tweaks under "Preferences, Fonts" for > rendering applied to _every_ font available, including the .ttfs I > just installed? Or is that just relevant to the stock-installed fonts? > Thanks for the help! > There are two font subsystems, the old one is 15-20 years old and is referred to as "core X fonts"; these are classic X Window System fonts. To install new fonts for this, instructions should be easy to google up, it involves putting the fonts in a system directory and running ttmkfdir and restarting the "xfs" font server. Core X fonts have these properties: - they are server-side, handled by the X server and xfs - they are always monochrome (not antialiased) - they have annoying names like "-urw-nimbus roman no9 l-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1" The new font subsystem is being phased in to replace it. The new one is called "fontconfig/Xft2" where fontconfig is the part that parses /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and scans your ~/.fonts and /usr/share/fonts directories, and Xft2 is the part that draws fonts on the screen. - these fonts are client-side, handled by the application - they can be used for printing etc. in addition to display on the screen - they can be rendered antialiased or not, as in Preferences->Fonts rendering tweaks - they have sane names like "Nimbus Sans" So anyhow, we are currently in a transition period. Some applications, namely those using Qt 3 or GTK 2, use the new system. Other applications, most of the rest, use the old system. You have to install the fonts once for each system. Over time (for the most part we hope by the next release), everything will move to the new system. (Someone add this post to a FAQ somewhere! ;-) Havoc -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
