[SOLVED!!!] Missing fonts when upgrading to qt-3.3.3/kde-3.3

[John Nielsen]

Hi,

Im sorry for not getting back to the list sooner. Ive been busy. :-(

Thanks for this long and detailed explanation! It solved my problem! And it 
taught me a whole lot about how X handles fonts. 


>
> These directories are listed in:
>
> 	/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
> 	/etc/fonts/local.conf
>
> It is recommended that you use scalable fonts.

When i ran the above 'fc-cache -v' command, it listed all of the directories 
it was scanning for caching. A lot of things were missing i noticed. 
Including the directory used by X11 for storing its internal fonts!

I added this line to the /etc/fonts/local.conf file:

<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</dir>

and then reran the 'fc-cache -v' command. This time a whole bunch of font 
directories were listed. 

I restarted Xorg and all of my fonts had returned. I have my beloved Helvetica 
back and konqueror renders beautifully again!

Theres only one thing i dont understand though. The /etc/fonts/local.conf file 
was unchanged from kde-3.2 to kde-3.3 when i upgraded. kde-3.2 didnt need the 
extra line in /etc/fonts/local.conf to pick up all of the fonts before i 
upgraded, but now it does. Do you have any idea how that can be?

Again thanks for your help!

John



> You can get Helvetica in the old Windows Adobe Acrobat Reader:
>
> ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/win/3.x/ar302.exe
>
> You have to extract this file with WINE or Windows.
>
> Get the ATM files here:
>
> ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles/900-960/950/
>
> Convert all file names to lower case and install in the usual manner.
>
> Or, if you don't want to do that, it might be better to use URW Nimbus Sans
> L (the free clone of Helvetica) which should be on your system if you
> installed from a distro.  You can check for this with:
>
> 	fc-list "Nimbus Sans L"
>
> Always use the quotes if the name has spaces in it.
>
> --
> JRT
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