Re: [Gimp-user] Using fonts

[Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>]

On 21 Aug 2001, G.Lee Johnson wrote:

> in addition to what you have I found ( via
> http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html ) some info at the URL shown for
> help in getting more fonts installed and I was amazed how simple it was
> and the fonts are very nice and at least were sufficient for my needs.

Lee,

  Thanks for the pointer to the book. I don't need more fonts to install,
just access to the ones I have.

> % xset fp+ ~/FONTS/freefont
> % xset fp rehash

  I ran these (using the full path name /usr/X11R6/lib/Xll/fonts/) for both
the URW fonts and the Type1 fonts. Even after rehashing, not all the
installed fonts are visible.

  I wonder if some applications can see certain fonts and others cannot. Our
corporate logotype is the company name in small caps using the Baker Signet
typeface. I don't have Baker Signet as an option although it's installed on
my system.

  This is the missing piece I want to figure out: how to access all that I
already have.

Rich