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Date:      Mon, 16 May 2005 08:37:07 +0300
From:      Mantas Smelevicius <trenktaz@gmail.com>
To:        Moy Easwaran <moy@tiresias.dyndns.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Newbie: fonts &c.
Message-ID:  <ac29423a050515223721c5bed5@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <42882FAE.6000904@tiresias.dyndns.org>
References:  <42882FAE.6000904@tiresias.dyndns.org>

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try to install=20

/usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts
or alternative
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/arkpandora

then enter on of the following lines into X config

FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font/webfonts/"

or

FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font/arkpandora/"

Also look at the Modules section into X config. Line
Load "freetype"
must be ther.




On 5/16/05, Moy Easwaran <moy@tiresias.dyndns.org> wrote:
> I use mainly Fedora and OS X on desktops and OpenBSD on servers (so no
> GUI there).  I'm trying to play with FreeBSD 5.4 a little and having
> trouble with look-and-feel issues.  Fonts, menus, and sometimes icons
> look a bit ugly.  Here are some screenshots:
> http://tiresias.dyndns.org/~moy/screenshots/
>=20
> I tried using Fedora's gtkrc but that didn't help, so either it's not
> a GTK issue or I wasn't doing it right.  I've added the various
> bluecurve packages, browsed through FreeBSD FAQs, and tried
> gtk[2]-theme-switch; that didn't help either.  I should also note that
> when I previewed the Bluecurve theme in gtk2-theme-switch, it didn't
> really look like the Bluecurve I'm used to.
>=20
> Any ideas?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Moy
>=20
> (Please cc me on replies.)
>=20
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>=20


--=20

Pagarbiai / Best regards

Mantas Smelevicius
http://mantas.lt



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