Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:53:18 +0000 From: "Florent Thoumie" <flz@xbsd.org> To: "Mark Kirkwood" <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, cokane@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fonts have gone insane Message-ID: <a01628140801150153m2cdb4ab9l744ea63b0e185f01@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <478C305E.6050900@paradise.net.nz> References: <478BA1CE.7020101@gmail.com> <a01628140801141146y2e0c04c4k826a33f3eef2c2c0@mail.gmail.com> <478BCD2A.4040405@gmail.com> <478C1522.6010108@FreeBSD.org> <478C305E.6050900@paradise.net.nz>
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On Jan 15, 2008 4:02 AM, Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Coleman Kane wrote: > > > > > > I'm in the same boat here. It would seem that all of the fonts in my > > GTK/GNOME apps are messed up now and I am left with replacements of some > > core fonts. Seems to have coincided with some recent portupgrade, but I > > can't figure out what has done it. I recently upgraded > > x11-toolkits/gtk20 but the original poster mentions xfce... > > > > Trying to rebuild/install fontconfig... > > > > I tried the above removal of the /var/db/fontconfig directory which > > helped out none. > > > > > I ran into this with the Gnome 2.20 upgrade. I believe it has something > to do with anti-aliased fonts being used instead of bitmap ones. I > *think* it is to do with Xorg 7.3 rather than Gnome.... but there is > Gnome stuff you can do that sorts it if Gnome is your window manager > (see thread "Fonts, windows too large after 2.20 upgrade" in > freebsd-gnome list). > > For other window managers I'm not sure what you need to do (there must > be some xorg.conf magic - surely???). Maybe ask on the Xorg mailing > lists? (and enlighten us when you discover the answer!) Could be the DPI setting in Gnome (Preferences / Appearance / Fonts / Details). -- Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer
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