TrueType Fonts

jaba · n00b Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Posts: 7 Location: Norway

Fonts in X looks awfull!
I want to use TrueType Fonts, but i'm not sure how to. First i have to get them available, then i've got to make X use them.
Can you guys give me some help with this?

gschneider · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2002 1:44 pm Post subject:

add the paths to the TTFs to /etc/X11/fs/config
run /etc/init.d/xfs start
remove all font-paths in /etc/X11/XF86Config and add FontPath "unix/:7100"
Restart X
now your X-Server should use the X Font Server and all Fonts should be available.
You should see an increased look of the unix fonts too, because the font server uses antialiasing for all fonts.

Regards,
Gerald
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niyogi · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2002 2:36 pm Post subject:

gschneider · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2002 3:30 pm Post subject:

dont't know if it works with 3.x, never tried it.
i prefer the XFS mainly for his ability to render teh fonts with antialising.

i have multiple directories with ttfs, I found them with "locate .ttf" and "locate .TTF"

Regards,
Gerald
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PaperCrane · n00b Joined: 11 Apr 2002 Posts: 25 Location: Nova Scotia

mvo · Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2002 5:16 pm Post subject:

Hi all!
/etc/init.d/xfs start the font server with option "-port -1" as default. So it doesn't listen to port 7100. No problem to edit this but why this default settings?

Guest · Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2002 8:48 pm Post subject:

mvo · Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2002 9:55 pm Post subject:

Yes,
change all "-port -1" to "-port 7100" in "/etc/init.d/xfs" and set the path to "unix:/7100" in XF86Config.

chrono · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2002 Posts: 5

I get an error when i try to start xfs if anyone can help:

nempo · Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:27 am Post subject:

that guest up there thats me, and that "can" after "somehow I", that should be "can't", sorry for the mess-up.

fghellar · Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 5:42 am Post subject:

Just for the sake of curiosity: Does that 7100 have a special meaning or is it just a random magic number?

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lude · Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 6:05 am Post subject:

tsuru · Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:18 pm Post subject:

quote="gschneider"]add the paths to the TTFs to /etc/X11/fs/config
run /etc/init.d/xfs start
remove all font-paths in /etc/X11/XF86Config and add FontPath "unix/:7100"
Restart X
now your X-Server should use the X Font Server and all Fonts should be available.
You should see an increased look of the unix fonts too, because the font server uses antialiasing for all fonts.

Regards,
Gerald[/quote]

I have tried following all the suggestions made here..but I still can't get my X server to start.

I know that xfs is started and is on port 7100. The exit message I get is something like "can find fixed font" The fontpaths in /etc/X11/fs/config are all the same as the fontpaths in my previous XF86Config. Anyone else hit this prob? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated

Furthermore, when I tried searching the web to solve my problem... I seemed to get the impression that since XFree86 4 there was no need for xfs to display anti-aliased fonts... am I wrong or am I getting confused between anti-aliased and truetype??..

thanks,
tsuru

DNH · n00b Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

here are the changes I made to get it to work:
1. Remove all of the FontPath enrties from /etc/X11/XF86Config
2. Where those were located, put "FontPath "unix:7100"
3. change "-port -1" to "-port 7100" on lines 14 and 18 of /etc/init.d/xfs
4. exit your X session to a command line.
5. type "/etc/init.d/xfs start"
6. startx

you should have it working now. I was ignoring the hyphen in front of the port numbers in /etc/init.d/xfs and kept getting the same error. hope that helps!
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AnonNomis · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 28

I keep getting this error when trying to start x.

Could not init font path unix/:7100

Fatal server error:
Could not open default font 'fixed'

This only happens when I use "/etc/init.d/xfs start" but if i use "xfs -port 7100" everything starts up fine. I have my /etc/init.d/xfs lines 14 and 18 set to "-port 7100" not "-port -1" and not "-port -7100" Any ideas whats going on?

ketanrp · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 14

I have the same problem,:

Could not init font path unix/:7100, removing from font path

Fatal server error:
Could not open default font 'fixed'

I can't even get it to start up if I use 'xfs -port 7100' instead of the script.

As far I can tell this means that the font server is not really started, or X cannot communicate with it, but I don't have a clue as to how to fix it. Any ideas?

*Edited typographical error

lk42pro · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:28 pm Post subject:

slik · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:49 pm Post subject:

Ok, this may be an easier way for you all to get TT fonts going (no font server involved).

Add the following to your /etc/X11/XF86Config file

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lk42pro · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 8:33 pm Post subject: i am confused

can anyone give me an explaination for XFS, FreeType, TTF, and XFT? i am confused...

slik · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 12:10 am Post subject:

AnonNomis · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 28

It works now i should have did this earlier, I only followed the directions at the beginning of the post. When i tried this everything started working.

emerge ttmkfdir
cd /usr/bin/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype
ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
mkfontdir

Thanks for the all the help.

lk42pro · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2002 4:11 am Post subject:

[quote="slik"]Ok, this may be an easier way for you all to get TT fonts going (no font server involved).

Add the following to your /etc/X11/XF86Config file

dArkMaGE · Apprentice Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 152

dont you also have to add the freetype module?