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How to get gnome-font-properties dialog recognize new fonts?
Hi,
I have added some nice TrueType fonts to my Slack 9.1 syste. For KDE/QT all I had to do is add the path to my XF86Config file and all QT-based apps picked up the new fonts. Simple.
Gnome is the whole another story. I expected the same when I went to "Pick a Font" after invoking gnome-font-properties, but the same few original options stayed in there. After googling I came across project "pango", but I don't really know how it fits into the whole schema of things. How come Gonome can't be as simple in recognizing new X fonts like KDE is? And more importantly, what do I have to do to get it see my new fonts? Ultimately what I'm after is being able to pick my new font from gnome-font-properties dialog so that all GTK based apps have the same nice font I have just installed.
My Slack 9.1 came with Gnome 2.4 and that's what I have.
I have added some nice TrueType fonts to my Slack 9.1 syste. For KDE/QT all I had to do is add the path to my XF86Config file and all QT-based apps picked up the new fonts. Simple.
Gnome is the whole another story. I expected the same when I went to "Pick a Font" after invoking gnome-font-properties, but the same few original options stayed in there. After googling I came across project "pango", but I don't really know how it fits into the whole schema of things. How come Gonome can't be as simple in recognizing new X fonts like KDE is? And more importantly, what do I have to do to get it see my new fonts? Ultimately what I'm after is being able to pick my new font from gnome-font-properties dialog so that all GTK based apps have the same nice font I have just installed.
My Slack 9.1 came with Gnome 2.4 and that's what I have.
Check if your fonts are in the path /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/T
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I will try that when I get home. However, I'd prefer for a cleaner solution, such as some place in the GNOME configuration where I can tell it where my fonts already are so that it can see it.
My fonts is a set of TrueType fonts for Central Europr, mainly because it contains special symbols from the polish alphabet. Again, I know things work, and it isn't an X server issue, cause all KDE/QT apps work perfectly with it.
My fonts are installed in:
/usr/X11R5/lib/X11/fonts/p
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and the FontPath in my XF86Config says: /usr/X11R5/lib/X11/fonts/p
Apparently GNOME needs more than just FontPath. I came across /etc/gdk/ directory where one is supposed to add <dir> tag to XML-based local.conf. I did that as well to no avail.
Also, I came across project fontilus, as I knew something must be making the "font:///" work. I think it's fontilus so I'm wondering if that's where perhaps I need to add my new path? Apparently in GNOME if you type the location font:/// it resolves to the directory where the few of original GNOME fonts are installed. But I swear - after looking all over I could not find what's the real path behind "font:///" and how to add extra fonts to it.
Hope this helps more, as I would really prefer to do this cleanly. I'd like to keep my existing location with new fonts intact, as I believe there must be an easier way to go to some GNOME config file and just tell it where the new fonts are.
My fonts is a set of TrueType fonts for Central Europr, mainly because it contains special symbols from the polish alphabet. Again, I know things work, and it isn't an X server issue, cause all KDE/QT apps work perfectly with it.
My fonts are installed in:
/usr/X11R5/lib/X11/fonts/p
..........................
..........................
..........................
and the FontPath in my XF86Config says: /usr/X11R5/lib/X11/fonts/p
Apparently GNOME needs more than just FontPath. I came across /etc/gdk/ directory where one is supposed to add <dir> tag to XML-based local.conf. I did that as well to no avail.
Also, I came across project fontilus, as I knew something must be making the "font:///" work. I think it's fontilus so I'm wondering if that's where perhaps I need to add my new path? Apparently in GNOME if you type the location font:/// it resolves to the directory where the few of original GNOME fonts are installed. But I swear - after looking all over I could not find what's the real path behind "font:///" and how to add extra fonts to it.
Hope this helps more, as I would really prefer to do this cleanly. I'd like to keep my existing location with new fonts intact, as I believe there must be an easier way to go to some GNOME config file and just tell it where the new fonts are.
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