aks@iti.org (Alan Stebbens) (07/06/90)
I have just obtained the marumoji fonts, and am trying to install them on my DECstation 3100. Perhaps I'm being dense and having _perused_ TFM, but here's what I've tried: a. Installed font file "maru14.bdf" in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/local. b. Ran "dxfc" on "maru14.bdf" to make "maru14.pcf" c. Ran "dxmkfontdir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/local" to build "fonts.dir" with the new maru14.pcf in it; it seemed to work. d. Verified that /usr/lib/X11/fonts/local is in the font path, by querying with "xset -q". e. Set the font path, just in case the "fonts.dir" files are read only once, when the path is first set. f. Queried again to be sure I didn't trip over something. However, "xlsfonts" doesn't seem to find the fonts. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help. (Please reply via email unless you think your answer will benefit the entire net). Alan Stebbens <aks@hub.ucsb.edu> -- Alan Stebbens <aks@hub.ucsb.edu>
aks@somewhere.ucsb.edu (Alan Stebbens) (07/12/90)
In <5896@hub.ucsb.edu> aks@hub.ucsb.edu (Alan Stebbens) writes: >I have just obtained the marumoji fonts, and am trying to install them >on my DECstation 3100. Perhaps I'm being dense and having _perused_ TFM, >but here's what I've tried: >a. Installed font file "maru14.bdf" in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/local. >b. Ran "dxfc" on "maru14.bdf" to make "maru14.pcf" >c. Ran "dxmkfontdir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/local" to build "fonts.dir" > with the new maru14.pcf in it; it seemed to work. >d. Verified that /usr/lib/X11/fonts/local is in the font path, by querying > with "xset -q". >e. Set the font path, just in case the "fonts.dir" files are read only > once, when the path is first set. >f. Queried again to be sure I didn't trip over something. >However, "xlsfonts" doesn't seem to find the fonts. >What am I doing wrong? Well, thanks to Anne Louise Gockel, at Cornell, for the winning answer: "Did you issue `xset fp rehash' or do something to restart the X server?" And, of course, I had done no such thing. Oh well. I just did, though, and the new fonts are now accessible. So, it seems that the above steps are correct, and that step (e) should be replaced with: e. Run "xset fp rehash". Thanks, again, Anne. -- Alan Stebbens <aks@hub.ucsb.edu>