From owner-freebsd-java Wed Jun 21 4:58: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f125.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.241.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25B3A37B557 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:57:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmd526@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 14758 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jun 2000 11:57:57 -0000 Message-ID: <20000621115757.14757.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 209.220.228.2 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:57:56 PDT X-Originating-IP: [209.220.228.2] From: "John Daniels" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: URW fonts Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:57:56 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi: 1) I downloaded URW fonts from www.gimp.org/fonts.html. 2) I placed them in /usr/X11R6/lib/Xll/fonts/URW 3) I changed my /etc/XF86Config to include a line pointing the fonts 4) I ran /usr/X11R6/lib/Mkfontdir (I writing from memory so that may not be the exact path and filename) while in the URW directory 5) I logged out from KDE and did a 'startx' It was my understanding (from a post on the -java list) that the URW fonts would make Netscape look/behave much better (along with possibly making Java look better, but that is a secondary consideration for me right now) but when I start Netscape, I don't really see anything different. Have I done anything wrong? Have I missed anything? Are there alternatives to URW? I am using linux-netscape 4.73 on XF86 3.3.6 on 4.0-STABLE. John ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message