Mike A. Harris wrote: >On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Thomas Dodd wrote: > >>Where do the other fomats go? I use several apps on non-Linux systems >>(the X remote display is great) that don't use Xft or TTF. >> >> > >In ~/.fonts or the other listed dirs. Don't make it more >complicated than it is. It isn't complicated. > > Just checking :) I'm used to it being harder than that:) >>>2) "service xfs reload" >>>3) Restart any applications that you want the fonts to show up >>> in. >>> >>> >>Does all of this work for fontservers? As mentioned above for remote >>work, I have fonts from HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux on one server, used by >>all three system types. >> >> > >xfs *is* a fontserver. "service xfs reload" tells it to reload >it's config file and rescan font dirs. > > I mean, if the fonts are on machine Y, a Psyche box, and I want machine X to get fonts from it, will GNOME2 like this or does it need local fonts? Will I loose AA support? Hinting? Will a Psyche box get fonts from an HP-UX or Solaris fontserver or will GNOME2 dislike that? >>>Steps 2 and 3 can be replaced by a "reboot". I'm not sure how >>>much simpler it can get than that. Why on earth would one need >>>some GUI "font configuration tool"? Does Windows need such a >>>tool? Does Macintosh? Does any sane OS? No, not really. And >>> >>> >>Yes it does . Tools like Bitstream's "Font Navigator" or Adobe's >>"Font Manager" that allow you to add/remove fonts. Windoze also >>has a limit on how many font you can use. >> >> > >Oh, do those applications come with Windows? I didn't realize >that. What is the name of the .exe file for those apps, I'd like >to have a look at what the competition is shipping in their OS >products. > > M$ doesn't ship one. That one of the problems. The lack of a good font configuration tool is probably holding back Linux in DTP. I sure doesn't help. >Well, that is because the more fonts you have, the more >information there is to parse, and so yes, the system will slow >down. Windows limits the number of fonts I believe. > > Does linux place any realistic limits on the number of available fonts? (2^32 is an un relastic limit to reach. 2^16 is probably unlikely to be hit as well) -Thomas -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list