<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I was going to mention that /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts didn't have any .ttf files, but I forgot.<br><br>I looked in /PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType and found no MS .ttf files. <br><br>I looked in the setup shell script and saw the links to be setup, but for some reason that never happened when I installed the PBI. Was it broken at some point? Don't recall any errors when I did it. <br><br>At any rate, I reinstalled the PBI and everything's fine now - what a difference - I can actually see things clearly now!<br><br>Thanks for the help!<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <i><kris@pcbsd.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org><br>Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?<br>To: "PC-BSD
Testing list" <testing@lists.pcbsd.org><br>Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 3:10 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail"><br><br>On my system, the only thing in /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts is a bunch of .conf files:<br><br>#ls /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts<br>alias.conf conf.d fonts.conf.default local.conf msfonts-rules.conf<br>conf.avail fonts.conf fonts.dtd misc.conf<br><br>However, if we poke around /PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts, heres what we find<br><br># ls /PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType<br>Arial.ttf comic.ttf courbi.ttf fonts.dir georgiai.ttf timesbd.ttf trebucbd.ttf
verdanab.ttf<br>Arialbd.ttf comicbd.ttf couri.ttf fonts.scale georgiaz.ttf timesbi.ttf trebucbi.ttf verdanai.ttf<br>Arialbi.ttf cour.ttf encodings.dir georgia.ttf minguni.ttf timesi.ttf trebucit.ttf verdanaz.ttf<br>Ariali.ttf courbd.ttf fonts.alias georgiab.ttf times.ttf trebuc.ttf verdana.ttf webdings.ttf<br><br>These are the real fonts, which if you symlink /Programs/Firefox*/lib/X11 -> /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 to, should<br>be finding.<br><br><br>--<br>Kris Moore<br>PC-BSD Software<br><br>On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:<br><br>> Same here, but those system fonts do not include the MS fonts from the PBI which are not in that X11 system directory, but rather
in:<br>> /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts<br>> <br>> --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> From: Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?<br>> To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <<a ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a>><br>> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:54 PM<br>> <br>> <br>><br>> Here's what I have for FF, and it works just fine:<br>><br>> # ls -al /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11<br>>
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20 Aug 25 12:11 /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11 -> /PCBSD/local/lib/X11<br>><br>> When I start firefox and go to edit -> preferences -> content, and look at fonts, all my system fonts now show up.<br>><br>> --<br>> Kris Moore<br>> PC-BSD Software<br>><br>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:<br>><br>> > I made the link as you said, from FF to the system X11 directory, but FF cannot see the MS fonts which are in:<br>> /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts. <br>> > Those two directories aren't connected:<br>> ><br>> >
/PCBSD/local/etc/fonts<br>> ><br>> > /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11/fonts (where X11/fonts is the system directory, linked to FF)<br>> ><br>> > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > From: Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?<br>> > To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <<a ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org"
href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:20 PM<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Thats not the right link:<br>> ><br>> > # cd /Programs/Firefox*/lib<br>> > # rm X11<br>> > # ln -s /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 X11<br>> ><br>> > All the fonts are located in /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 on the system, you have to link
this into the PBIs lib/ directory<br>> > so that it "shares" / uses the same fonts directory.<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Kris Moore<br>> > PC-BSD Software<br>> ><br>> > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > That didn't work.<br>> > ><br>> > > I can't see how /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts
connects to /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11/fonts<br>> > ><br>> > > Don't I need a link from the latter to the former?<br>> > ><br>> > > More confusing...<br>> > ><br>> > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > From: Kris Moore <<a
ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?<br>> > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <<a ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 12:15 PM<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> >
> Ahh, ok solved this here.<br>> > ><br>> > > You'll need to do this for all PBIs you want to use the system fonts:<br>> > ><br>> > > # cd /Programs/<PBI>/lib<br>> > > # rm X11<br>> > > # ln -s /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 X11<br>> > ><br>> >
> I did this here, and now my fonts in FF work perfectly. I'm guessing you have same<br>> > > issue with OO as well, the etc/fonts link doesn't seem to matter in this case.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > --<br>> > > Kris Moore<br>> > > PC-BSD Software<br>> > ><br>>
> > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > > Also have this path to X11 fonts: /usr/X11R6/share/fonts/TrueType<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Is there some way to centralize all the fonts? The contents of /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts are not TTF files.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >
Confusing...<br>> > > ><br>> > > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Jeff <<a ymailto="mailto:dejamuse@yahoo.com" href="/mc/compose?to=dejamuse@yahoo.com">dejamuse@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > > From: Jeff <<a ymailto="mailto:dejamuse@yahoo.com" href="/mc/compose?to=dejamuse@yahoo.com">dejamuse@yahoo.com</a>><br>> > > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not
working?<br>> > > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <<a ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 11:27 AM<br>> > > ><br>> > > > That didn't work. The link was made, but OO still cannot see system fonts.<br>> > >
><br>> > > > BTW, I discovered this because Verdana was not available to Firefox, which is the most ubiquitous web<br>> font.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd..org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd..org">kris@pcbsd..org</a>> wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > >
From: Kris Moore <<a ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?<br>> > > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <<a ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org" href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a>><br>> > > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 9:16 AM<br>> >
> ><br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > Jeff,<br>> > > ><br>> > > > The font PBI installs fonts to the system folder properly, but it looks like OO, and probably<br>> the other<br>> >
PBIs<br>> > > > aren't<br>> > > > looking in the system folder for fonts. Give this a shot and let me know if it fixes it:<br>> > > ><br>> > > > cd /Programs/OpenOffice*/etc<br>> > > > ln -s /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts
fonts<br>> > > ><br>> > > > start OO, do you have the fonts now? If so, I'll get that fix put into the PBIs right away.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > As for KDE 4.3.0, it'll be included with PC-BSD 8.0 later this year.. Its a large update, since<br>> it<br>> > moves us to<br>> >
> QT<br>> > > > 4.5<br>> > > > and I'm having to fix up a lot of our tools to work on it :)<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > --<br>> > >
> Kris Moore<br>> > > > PC-BSD Software<br>> > > ><br>> > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > > > I have the MS True-type font PBI installed, but can't see any of the fonts in FF3
or<br>> OpenOffice or<br>> > Abi Word. <br>> > > > Where exactly are they<br>> > > > > supposed to be available?<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > I presume there's no UI for this PBI and it just installs fonts
somewhere.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Every application seems to have its own set of fonts with some that apparently come with<br>> KDE. There<br>> > are lots<br>> > > > of other available fonts<br>> > > > > out there but
there's no good way of centrally managing them and installing them in KDE it<br>> seems,<br>> > complicated<br>> > > > by the different font<br>> > > > > packaging techniques. Seems to me there used to be some KDE font manager/installer app but I<br>> can't<br>> > find it in<br>> > > >
the menu, and from what I<br>> > > > > remember, it wasn't especially useful.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > What to do?<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > P.S.,
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