Re: Xserver (Xfree 3.3.6) complaining about a bad font server

[ppetrakis alphalinux org]

> Yep, 7.0 and the stable kernel release provided with the original install.
> 
> >mkfontdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 
> What could be doing clean-up to nuke the indexes?  I'll give this a try.


If the existing indexes are nuked the fontserver will report no fonts
found.
Once you're up and running you can use xlsfonts or gfontsel to see what
fonts are being served. So for example. If you where to setup the font
descriptors for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 for the first time you
would...

mkfontdir -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1

cp mkfontdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.dir \
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.scale

Aslong as the path to the fonts are correct they should be recognized
just fine.

> Thanks, but I'm looking to completely avoid True Type in favor of smarter
> font management and access to my large type 1 collection.
> 

I could convert my ttf fonts to ps... Don't see the advantage know that
I've tweaked my font settings so. I know a great source of PS fonts is
your nearest commercial *nix like Solaris and Tru64, OS/2 has alot of
nice PS fonts too. 

Peter