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BlindSpy
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 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:29 am Post subject: xorg-x11 6.8.0-r4 making monospace fonts cut off |
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I updated to the latest Xorg and now my small (8pt) monospace fonts, all the characters overlap eachtother. Any suggestions?
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject: new xorg use flags |
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I had the same problem. seems like the latest xorg (xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4) doesn't build xfs without new use flags in /etc/make.conf
USE="... font-server truetype-fonts type1-fonts" |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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thank you so much - exactly what I was looking for.  i didnt have the font-server use flag.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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hmm - after recompiling with the font-server use flag it still has the same overlapping problem. any other suggestions? should I have XFS in rc-update?
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| ya, i have xfs in rc-update, as in "rc-update add xfs default" |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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i tried putting XFS in and it still doesnt work =(
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Deepu Sudhakar
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| The same problem is happening to me, and I have freetype-2.1.9-r1. It only happens to monospace fonts. |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:03 am Post subject: |
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That thread is not reffering to the same thing. The problem here lies with all monospaced fonts and this problem still occures with freetype-2.1.9-r1 .Also the 'USE="-bindist"' didnt change anything with '--newuse'.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| Did you build with "font-server" "truetype-fonts" and "type1-fonts"? Those use flags were added so if you're running xfs you'll need at least the one flag. I did have some odd looking monospace fonts but the freetype update and restarting the font server and X fixed that up. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Same problem here 
Bitstream-vera-sans-mono 8 looks ugly in GTK apps and not in QT apps, for example Anjuta (GTK) and Eric3 (QT)
Someone could fix the problem? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| firephoto wrote: | | Did you build with "font-server" "truetype-fonts" and "type1-fonts"? |
Yea these have been compiled in the whole time. Also running XFS doesnt do anything to help it.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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This also happens with x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.1.901
Built with:
| Code: | | [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.1.901 -3dfx -3dnow -bitmap-fonts +cjk -debug -dlloader +dmx -doc +font-server -hardened -insecure-drivers +ipv6 -minimal +mmx +nls +opengl +pam -sdk +sse -static +truetype-fonts +type1-fonts (-uclibc) +xprint +xv 0 kB |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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XFS will only work if you have
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FontPath "unix/:-1"
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in the files section.
It also could be that your font paths have changed or there's an error in the font directories. I get some warning about unreadable fonts or folders but they still work ok. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure that this problem have nothing to do with neither xorg nor xfs.
With all the apps that I'm running under QT, for example eric3, knode, kmail, monospace and bitstream-vera-sans-mono works perfectly.
Under apps like Evolution and Anjuta those font look relly ugly, seams that the space between charachters is reduced.
That's why I think is related or with GTK or with Gnome.
I'm still busy trying to solve this problem, if someone can solve it please post the solution, will be really appreciated. 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:08 am Post subject: |
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sideways: Thank you!! I emerged xorg-x11-6.8.1.901 today, and afterwards, in a new OpenWriter document, I was getting like 1-point text, with only a handful of font families available. I stumbled across this thread by sheer luck--after figuring "Desktop Environments" was the right category, this topic heading was the first non-sticky one. :^)
Kind of annoying--I wish there were some warning that lack of a newly-introduced USE flag would remove expected functionality, especially before such a large emerge as Xorg.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:39 am Post subject: |
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I'm going to have to agree with Liquid on this one. I dont think the problem is with xorg or XFS. I think something may have changed someplace else... where? I dont know.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:50 am Post subject: |
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Maybe the problem has something to do with the order of my fonts?
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RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/sharefont/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/lfp-fix/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/unifont/"
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: new xorg use flags |
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USE="... font-server truetype-fonts type1-fonts" |
Fonts still overlap for me
I've also tried emerging freetype with the bindist use flag. Fonts look slightly better but some characters still overlap.
Anyone with a solution? |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, now my fonts are back to normal  |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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i didnt want to but i guess we have no choice. thanks =)
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Well.. >=freetype-2.1.8 is a dep of 6.8.1.901... |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| cbr wrote: | | Well.. >=freetype-2.1.8 is a dep of 6.8.1.901... |
Well... just emerge xorg and then downgrade freetype
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Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild U ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 [2.1.5-r1]
[ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.1.901
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