Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:22:51 +1000 From: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> To: John Daniels <jmd526@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: URW fonts Message-ID: <20000622092251.B21342@albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20000621115757.14757.qmail@hotmail.com>; from jmd526@hotmail.com on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:57:56AM -0400 References: <20000621115757.14757.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Thus spake John Daniels (jmd526@hotmail.com): > 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. Did you tell Netscape to use any of the URW fonts? If not, Netscape will simply use it's defaults. Edit, Preferences, Appearance, Fonts in Netscape will take you to the right area. Nick. -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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