Re: fonts in X11
Re: fonts in X11
- Subject: Re: fonts in X11
- From: Ettore Aldrovandi <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:59:02 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:12:45 +0000 Aidan Kehoe <email@hidden>
wrote:
> Ar an 28z la de mm 1, scrmobh Ettore Aldrovandi :
>
> > In general the application must have support for true type fonts.
>
>Not exactly true; with the method you're using, the application must
>have support for the Xft font library, which isn't true of Emacs at
>the moment, I believe.
Yes, I've been sloppy. You are absolutely correct.
>I don't have a Mac to hand; what happens when you do the following?
>
> cd /System/Library/Fonts
> sudo mkfontscale
> sudo mkfontdir
> xset +fp /System/Library/Fonts
> xterm -fn '-*-monaco-*'
>
>If the xterm succeeds, the the Xserver can read TrueType files in the
>format shipped by Apple, and supply them as core fonts, i.e, such that
>Emacs will understand how to use them.
I'll try as soon as I get a bit of time today...
--
Ettore Aldrovandi
Department of Mathematics mailto:email@hidden
Florida State University http://www.math.fsu.edu/~ealdrov
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