can not load courier[adobe] font

[James Richard Tyrer]

LeVA wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have a little, but annoying problem. I have the Courier[adobe] font 
> installed (I think it is in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/), but I 
> can not select it for example in Kmail for fixed width font. I can only 
> select it for the message editor, but not for the message displaying. 
> This is the case with KControl / Look / Font / Fixed width too. I can 
> only select the Courier New font, but I think it is ugly :) and I want 
> to use the Courier 10pitch, or the "simple" Courier font. Anyone could 
> suggest me something?
> 
> $ fc-list | grep -i courier
> Courier:style=Bold Italic
> Courier:style=Regular
> Courier New:style=Regular
> Courier 10 Pitch:style=Bold Italic
> Courier New:style=Bold Italic
> Courier 10 Pitch:style=Italic
> Courier New:style=Bold
> Courier New:style=Italic
> Courier 10 Pitch:style=Regular
> Courier:style=Italic
> Courier 10 Pitch:style=Bold
> Courier:style=Bold
> 
> As you can see, I have that Courier font installed, but for some reason, 
> I can only select the Courier New in KMail and in KControl Center too.

X should have come with "IBM Courier" and: "Bitstream Courier 10 Pitch" 
which are scalable Type1 fonts.  I suggest that you use one of them 
rather than the bit mapped Adobe Courier.

-- 
JRT
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