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list of places the server looks when trying to find a font is controlled by its font path. Although most installations will choose to have the server start up with all of the commonly used font directories in the font path, the font path can be changed at any time with the xset program. However, it is important to remember that the directory names are on the server's machine, not on the application's. Usually, fonts used by X servers and font servers can be found in subdirectories under /usr/lib/X11/fonts: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi This directory contains bitmap fonts contributed by Adobe Systems, Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation, Bitstream, Inc., Bigelow and Holmes, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. for 75 dot-per-inch displays. An integrated selection of sizes, styles, and weights are provided for each family. /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi This directory contains 100 dot-per-inch versions of some of the fonts in the 75dpi directory. /usr/lib/X11/fonts/PEX /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic /usr/lib/X11/fonts/encodings /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc These directories are distributed with the XFree86 distribution and vary over time. Consult the type manager of your preferred desktop environment. Bitmap font files are usually created by compiling a textual font description into binary form, using bdftopcf. Font databases are created by running the mkfontdir program in the directory containing the source or compiled versions of the fonts. Whenever fonts are added to a directory, mkfontdir should be rerun so that the server can find the new fonts. To make the server reread the font database, reset the font path with the xset program. For example, to add a font to a private directory, the following commands could be used: $ cp newfont.pcf ~/myfonts $ mkfontdir ~/myfonts $ xset fp rehash The xlsfonts program can be used to list the fonts available on a server. Font names tend to be fairly long, as they contain all of the information needed to uniquely identify individual fonts. However, the X server supports wildcarding of font names, so the full specification "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-m-60iso8859-1" might be abbreviated as "-*-courier-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1". Graphics Administration Guide For Red Hat Linux 6.2

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list of places the server looks when trying to find a font is controlled by its
font path
.
Although most installations will choose to have the server start up with all of the
commonly used font directories in the font path, the font path can be changed at any time
with the
xset
program. However, it is important to remember that the directory names
are on the server's machine, not on the application's. Usually, fonts used by X servers and
font servers can be found in subdirectories under
/usr/lib/X11/fonts
:
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
This directory contains bitmap fonts contributed by Adobe Systems, Inc., Digital
Equipment Corporation, Bitstream, Inc., Bigelow and Holmes, and Sun
Microsystems, Inc. for 75 dot-per-inch displays. An integrated selection of sizes,
styles, and weights are provided for each family.
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
This directory contains 100 dot-per-inch versions of some of the fonts in the
75dpi directory.
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/PEX
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/encodings
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc
These directories are distributed with the XFree86 distribution and vary over time.
Consult the type manager of your preferred desktop environment.
Bitmap font files are usually created by compiling a textual font description into binary
form, using
bdftopcf
. Font databases are created by running the
mkfontdir
program in the directory containing the source or compiled versions of the fonts.
Whenever fonts are added to a directory,
mkfontdir
should be rerun so that the server
can find the new fonts.
To make the server reread the font database, reset the font path
with the
xset
program. For example, to add a font to a private directory, the following
commands could be used:
$ cp newfont.pcf ~/myfonts
$ mkfontdir ~/myfonts
$ xset fp rehash
The
xlsfonts
program can be used to list the fonts available on a server. Font names
tend to be fairly long, as they contain all of the information needed to uniquely identify
individual fonts. However, the X server supports wildcarding of font names, so the full
specification
"
-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-m-60-
iso8859-1
"
might be abbreviated as
"
-*-courier-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
".
Graphics Administration Guide For Red Hat Linux 6.2