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Re: half ttf fonts question



On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:53:20 -0500
Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 06:21:15PM +0000, Ahmed El Helw wrote:
> > 
> > -=(ahmedre at darkstar)=-$ xlsfonts | grep tahoma 
> > -ttf-tahoma-bold-r-normal-bold-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
> > -ttf-tahoma-medium-r-normal-regular-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
> > 
> > meaning that they are installed... and 
> > 
> 
> Yes and no. You only have the iso8859-1 subset (you need 8859-6).
> Not sure where you are getting your fonts from.. but try
> grepping from 8859-6 and see if you get any fonts at all.

most probably your fonts aren't properly installed.

just go to the directory where your true type fonts are and run
ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
mkfontsdir

as root

cheers,
Alaa
-- 
Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we
ourselves
possess.
                -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, "Lord of the
Rings"]

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