google@technologist.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently upgraded my linux system from RH8 to Fedora Core 3. This
> resulted in modification of XFig's version to 3.2.4.
>
> When I open .fig files created with old version of xfig, I get a pop-up
> error message like:
> Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
> Can't find -*-times-medium-r-bold-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>
> I also get these messages, if I try to modify font sizes in a new file
> created with XFig. I have no idea how to fix this problem. Any help
> will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

Run xfontsel and see if you do have the font in question, you may need to
modify the line a little bit to make it to work.



//Aho

Aho,

Thanks for your response. I could run xfontsel just by typing it at
shell prompt.
>From the menu it gives:
-fndry-fmly-wght-slant-sWdth-adstyle-pxlsz-ptSz-resx-resy-spc-avgWdth-rgstry-encdng
I could select only upto
-*-times-medium-r-normal--
For selecting pxlsz, available options are 0,8,
10,11,12,14,17,18,24,25, and 34.

I have created figures with font size 6 earlier and need to edit them.
How do I install missing fonts? or if they are on my computer, how do i
find them and fix any configurations?

On 18 Mar 2005 14:37:27 -0800,
google@technologist.com , in

>+ I have created figures with font size 6 earlier and need to edit them.
>+ How do I install missing fonts? or if they are on my computer, how do i
>+ find them and fix any configurations?

Do you have the msttcorefonts installed? http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

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google@technologist.com wrote:
> Aho,
>
> Thanks for your response. I could run xfontsel just by typing it at
> shell prompt.
>>From the menu it gives:
> -fndry-fmly-wght-slant-sWdth-adstyle-pxlsz-ptSz-resx-resy-spc-avgWdth-rgstry-encdng
> I could select only upto
> -*-times-medium-r-normal--
> For selecting pxlsz, available options are 0,8,
> 10,11,12,14,17,18,24,25, and 34.
>
> I have created figures with font size 6 earlier and need to edit them.
> How do I install missing fonts? or if they are on my computer, how do i
> find them and fix any configurations?
>
If you have a missing font, then you need to copy it the missing font to your
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ (select proper directory there to place it). After
that restart your fontserver and it should be okey.


//Aho

I did not have msttcorefonts installed. The missing fonts do not seem
to be from microsoft's distribution. Anyways, I installed
msttcorefonts after building the rpm as given on the webpage. reloaded
xfs too. XFig still cannot find those fonts.

I have couple more questions.
Suppose I want to install the following font:
-*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*
1. Where can I find the missing font file (to copy from)?
2. What will be an appropriate directory under
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ to place that file. I see the following
subdirectories on my system:
100dpi 75dpi CID OTF Speedo TTF Type1 cyrillic encodings
korean local misc util.
Thanks for your help.

google@technologist.com wrote:
> I have couple more questions.
> Suppose I want to install the following font:
> -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*
> 1. Where can I find the missing font file (to copy from)?

Maybe from your RH8 CD?

> 2. What will be an appropriate directory under
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ to place that file. I see the following
> subdirectories on my system:
> 100dpi 75dpi CID OTF Speedo TTF Type1 cyrillic encodings
> korean local misc util.

Depends on what type of font file it is, if it would be truetype, then it's TTF.


//Aho

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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:34:22 +0100, J.O. Aho staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> google@technologist.com wrote:
>> Suppose I want to install the following font:
>> -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*
>> 1. Where can I find the missing font file (to copy from)?
> Maybe from your RH8 CD?

....times-medium-r-normal... is a bitmapped font from Adobe AFAICT and
all of them should be in /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/ . The Microsoft Times
font in msttcorefonts is "times new roman" in an X font specification.
AFAIK, there is no bitmapped 6-point Times font from Adobe in the X font
install from Xorg. (6 point type? You might need it if you're a
lawyer, but it's too small to read without a loupe for most people. It
is utterly unreadable on a monitor AFAICT.)

>> 2. What will be an appropriate directory under
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ to place that file?
> Depends on what type of font file it is, if it would be truetype, then
> it's TTF.

If you can find a bitmapped 6-point Times font, you'd put it in
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/ , then run "xset fp rehash". Or, you might want
to look at your xorg.conf's Files section. There should be a bunch of
lines in there like so:

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"

....I believe fonts in the /usr/share/fonts/75dpi directory will only be
available at their native sizes because the :unscaled is there. If this
is the case in your xorg.conf, you might have to edit the config file,
remove the :unscaled, and restart X. There's probably a way to do this
without restarting X, but I'm not sure what it could be (probably
something with xset fp-, xset fp+, and so forth--but I dunno.) HTH,

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In article <1111176698.047213.180670@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups. com>,
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I recently upgraded my linux system from RH8 to Fedora Core 3. This
>resulted in modification of XFig's version to 3.2.4.
>
>When I open .fig files created with old version of xfig, I get a pop-up
>error message like:
>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-bold-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>
>I also get these messages, if I try to modify font sizes in a new file
>created with XFig. I have no idea how to fix this problem. Any help
>will be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>

Remove the colons in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.*

--
Martin Birgmeier

Vienna
Austria

In article <1111176698.047213.180670@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups. com>,
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I recently upgraded my linux system from RH8 to Fedora Core 3. This
>resulted in modification of XFig's version to 3.2.4.
>
>When I open .fig files created with old version of xfig, I get a pop-up
>error message like:
>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-bold-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>
>I also get these messages, if I try to modify font sizes in a new file
>created with XFig. I have no idea how to fix this problem. Any help
>will be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>

Remove the colons in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.*

--
Martin Birgmeier

Vienna
Austria

In article <1111176698.047213.180670@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups. com>,
wrote:
[...]
>I recently upgraded my linux system from RH8 to Fedora Core 3. This
>resulted in modification of XFig's version to 3.2.4.
>
>When I open .fig files created with old version of xfig, I get a pop-up
>error message like:
>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-bold-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
[...]

Try removing the colons in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.*

--
Martin Birgmeier

Vienna
Austria

Martin Birgmeier wrote:
>>When I open .fig files created with old version of xfig, I get a pop-up
>>error message like:
>>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-bold-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>
> Remove the colons in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.*

Hi,

As I'm having exactly the same problem with fonts, I'd be interested
whether this fix works (or has worked), and also why it should work?

Thanks

Michael

Hi Michael,

This solution did not work for me. Infact I got even more warnings on
command prompt upon starting xfig.

Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
Warning: X locale modifiers not supported, using default
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-
medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*--16-*" to type FontSet
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-
medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type
FontSet
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-times-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-bo
ld-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type
FontSet
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning: Input Method Open Failed
Warning: Input Method Open Failed
Warning: Input Method Open Failed
Warning: Input Method Open Failed

If you find anything, let me know. Meanwhile, I have dumped fedora 3
and moved to solaris, where xfig works as usual (and no one
discriminates against people who love small fonts... just kidding).



>Hi,
>
>As I'm having exactly the same problem with fonts, I'd be interested
>whether this fix works (or has worked), and also why it should work?
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael


Martin Birgmeier wrote:
>>When I open .fig files created with old version of xfig, I get a
pop-up
>>error message like:
>>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
>>Can't find -*-times-medium-r-bold-6-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13

> Remove the colons in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.*