Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:17:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SciTeXt (font problem) Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960805081520.19601D-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608050940.LAA05168@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > > > > > > > > Desired Font not in Cache - loading !!! > > > ERROR:Font could not be loaded by X-Server !bgate# > > > > > > The window pops up for the half of a second and then the app dies. > > > > I had this problem at first too, just go into your XF86Config file and add > > the directory /usr/local/scitext/dof to your fontpath list. Don't worry > > about mkfontdir, it already had a dir in the directory. > > Which raises the question: Which is better policy for installing fonts > under X: > > 1) adding an arbitrary non-evident directory to the fontpath > > 2) creating another directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > > 3) putting the fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc My personal answer? A choice of either options 1 or three, depending on how large the new fonts collection was. For scitext, a new directory, and a warning echoed to stdout telling folks what to do (also in DESCR). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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