[TriLUG] fonts for gimp

[Elliot Peele]

Mike,

Sorry it has take me so long to reply I have been really busy lately. I
am now running RedHat Linux 7.3.

Elliot

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 16:25, Mark Johnson wrote:
> Hi Elliot,
> 
> What linux distro are you using?
> 
> Also check for fonts.dir, fonts.scale, and posibly a Fontmap file in
> the freefont and sharefont directories. But, then again, how this all
> works is very distribution dependent.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> > I am trying to figure out how to add fonts to gimp so that I can design
> > a logo. I have tried to install freefonts and sharefonts, but the
> > install instructions for both of them don't work. The instructions say
> > to
> > 
> > 	xset fp+ /usr/X11/lib/fonts/freefont
> > 	xset fp rehash
> > 
> > first problem is that directory doesn't exist so i put them in
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont. When I try to use the xset command as
> > illustrated above I get
> > 
> > 	X Error of failed request:  86
> > 	Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> > 	Serial number of failed request:  9
> > 	Current serial number in output stream:  11
> > 
> > I get the same results from trying to install sharefonts. Does anyone
> > have any idea what i'm doing wrong and how to fix it or where i can find
> > a better collection of fonts.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Elliot
> > 
> 
> 
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