hi all,
thnx for all the screensize&os replies, keep'em comin !
CK send me an interesting link http://www.be-e.de/files_00.htm and my fingers started to itch rightaway :)
so here is it, a 5x5 pixels font. (small enough?) (looks nice on 17" @ 800x600) [5x7 would maybe look more readable]
BUT, before i/we haven't solved the problem using/installing new fonts on all OS i'm not giving any beta version fonts for usage :(
windows: just copy to windows/fonts folder. installs automaticly [deinstall; delete from fonts folder] linux: ??? mac: ??? irix: ???
thnx -andre
Hi, Andre Schmidt hat gesagt: // Andre Schmidt wrote:
BUT, before i/we haven't solved the problem using/installing new fonts on all OS i'm not giving any beta version fonts for usage :(
A new default font for PD is fine, but I would prefer if one could change fonts in PD itself, say with a nice "Font Dialog". I don't know Tk well enough, but this can't be *that* hard, can it?
linux: ???
On Linux, or more precisly on XFree86 installing fonts is different, if you use a fontserver or not. If not, you download the font
$ cd /home/me/myfonts $ wget http://www.langbox.com/AraMosaic/mozilla/fontXFE/naskhi8XBf12.pcf.Z
Then you have to generate a fonts.dir file
$ mkfontdir /home/me/myfonts
And then make the directory known in the font path (fp)
$ xset fp+ /home/me/myfonts
Now I have a new arabic font:
$ xlsfonts | grep naskhi -lbi-naskhi-bold-r-normal--0-0-75-75-m-0-iso8859-6.8x -lbi-naskhi-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-6.8x
If you use the X-fontserver xfs, it's much the same, only you have to make the fontpath known to xfs:
$ chkfontpath --add /home/me/myfonts
If you want a system wide install, you're in for a ride, because every distribution has it's own tools to "make it easy".
irix: ???
Like in Linux???
ciao,
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
hi,
that linux install procedure for fonts doesnt hear so promising easy, huh :(
so theres no 1 "easy way" for all linux distrs to install fonts ?
is there a possibility to use NON system fonts in PD(tcl/tk) ? (means, using fonts direct from pd folder that are not installed in OS) [i think this would mean to code an own font driver/interface for PD, cpu loss?]
cheers -andre
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Barknecht" barknech@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de To: "PD-LiST" pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [PD] [FONTS] tiny font
Hi, Andre Schmidt hat gesagt: // Andre Schmidt wrote:
BUT, before i/we haven't solved the problem using/installing new fonts on all OS i'm not giving any beta version fonts for usage :(
A new default font for PD is fine, but I would prefer if one could change fonts in PD itself, say with a nice "Font Dialog". I don't know Tk well enough, but this can't be *that* hard, can it?
linux: ???
On Linux, or more precisly on XFree86 installing fonts is different, if you use a fontserver or not. If not, you download the font
$ cd /home/me/myfonts $ wget http://www.langbox.com/AraMosaic/mozilla/fontXFE/naskhi8XBf12.pcf.Z
Then you have to generate a fonts.dir file
$ mkfontdir /home/me/myfonts
And then make the directory known in the font path (fp)
$ xset fp+ /home/me/myfonts
Now I have a new arabic font:
$ xlsfonts | grep naskhi -lbi-naskhi-bold-r-normal--0-0-75-75-m-0-iso8859-6.8x -lbi-naskhi-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-6.8x
If you use the X-fontserver xfs, it's much the same, only you have to make the fontpath known to xfs:
$ chkfontpath --add /home/me/myfonts
If you want a system wide install, you're in for a ride, because every distribution has it's own tools to "make it easy".
irix: ???
Like in Linux???
ciao,
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
Hi, Andre Schmidt hat gesagt: // Andre Schmidt wrote:
that linux install procedure for fonts doesnt hear so promising easy, huh :(
It depends, on what you're used to. Linux, coming from the Big-Unix-Machine background, is very multiuser oriented. Installing fonts isn't considered as something, a normal user should do, it's in the responsibility of the system administrator.
Of course, in most home situations, the main user also is sysadmin.
so theres no 1 "easy way" for all linux distrs to install fonts ?
Generally fonts are kept in a few font directories, that are not writable by normal users. Installation in one of these is normally really made easy by distribution tools, but it's not standardized. I wouldn't bother with this in your position. There are many Howtos and docs, that explain font installation in Linux, but it wouldn't make sense, if you'd try to make a self-installing font package for all Linuxes.
is there a possibility to use NON system fonts in PD(tcl/tk) ? (means, using fonts direct from pd folder that are not installed in OS) [i think this would mean to code an own font driver/interface for PD, cpu loss?]
I still would prefer, if PD could somehow read, which fonts are available and then let the user make a choice.
I made a quick google-search and I would like something like the Font Dialog on this site: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/mwidx.html#fontdlg
Then I could install your font and decide on my own, if I want to use it, or if I want to stay with the go'old Courier.
ciao,
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote:
On Linux, or more precisly on XFree86 installing fonts is different, if you use a fontserver or not. [...]
Forgot to mention: In both case you have to issue this comand at the end: $ xset fp rehash
ciao,
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
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Frank Barknecht