[Xquartz-dev] The 2.1.0 package and Apple System Fonts

Jeremy Huddleston jeremyhu at berkeley.edu
Sun Dec 2 11:42:36 PST 2007


Can you type 'which fc-cache' ? Do you have one from fink or  
macports?  Try the full path to /usr/X11/bin/fc-cache .  it shouldn't  
be using /etc/fonts

--Jeremy

On Dec 2, 2007, at 10:15, Merle Reinhart wrote:

> The other thing I noticed when I was poking around to see if I could  
> figure out what was going on is the commands fc-cat, fc-list and fc- 
> match all are looking for the now nonexistent /etc/fonts/fonts.conf  
> file.
>
>
> [LeopardAlBook:~] merle% fc-match
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
> [LeopardAlBook:~] merle% fc-cat
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
> /usr/share/fonts: No such file or directory
> [LeopardAlBook:~] merle% fc-list
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
>
>
> Merle
>
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Merle Reinhart wrote:
>
>> I was noticing that one of the things 2.1.0 is supposed to fix is  
>> to include /System/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts.  I can see the  
>> changes in the fs config file and fc-cache sees the directories.
>>
>> However, when I run xfontsel, it does not appear to see any of the  
>> Apple system fonts.  Adding fonts to X11 has always been black  
>> magic to me so I'm not sure if I'm just not doing something that I  
>> should be or if this functionality isn't working as expected?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Merle
>>
>>
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