[gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[darren kirby]

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Hello all,

I just completed upgrading to Xorg 7.0 and it went fine, however, I seem to be 
missing "Courier 10 pitch" which was the only monospaced font that looks 
decent on my screen. When I started X all my monospaced fonts were set as 
courier which looks terrible.

Does anyone know where to get this font back? I did a google but it did not 
help. 

Thanks for consideration,
-d 
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[Donnie Berkholz]

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darren kirby wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just completed upgrading to Xorg 7.0 and it went fine, however, I seem to be 
> missing "Courier 10 pitch" which was the only monospaced font that looks 
> decent on my screen. When I started X all my monospaced fonts were set as 
> courier which looks terrible.
> 
> Does anyone know where to get this font back? I did a google but it did not 
> help. 
> 
> Thanks for consideration,
> -d 

Try font-adobe-100dpi or font-adobe-75dpi or possibly font-ibm-type1.

Thanks,
Donnie


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Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[darren kirby]

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quoth the Donnie Berkholz:
> darren kirby wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just completed upgrading to Xorg 7.0 and it went fine, however, I seem
> > to be missing "Courier 10 pitch" which was the only monospaced font that
> > looks decent on my screen. When I started X all my monospaced fonts were
> > set as courier which looks terrible.
> >
> > Does anyone know where to get this font back? I did a google but it did
> > not help.
> >
> > Thanks for consideration,
> > -d
>
> Try font-adobe-100dpi or font-adobe-75dpi or possibly font-ibm-type1.

The adobe fonts were already installed (no 10 pitch) and I installed the IBM 
fonts and it was not there either. However, "Courier [IBM]" seems to look 
fine, and will be suitable.

I would still like to know where the 10 pitch is if anybody knows... 

> Thanks,
> Donnie

And thanks,
-d
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[Donnie Berkholz]

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darren kirby wrote:
> quoth the Donnie Berkholz:
>> darren kirby wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I just completed upgrading to Xorg 7.0 and it went fine, however, I seem
>>> to be missing "Courier 10 pitch" which was the only monospaced font that
>>> looks decent on my screen. When I started X all my monospaced fonts were
>>> set as courier which looks terrible.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know where to get this font back? I did a google but it did
>>> not help.
>>>
>>> Thanks for consideration,
>>> -d
>> Try font-adobe-100dpi or font-adobe-75dpi or possibly font-ibm-type1.
> 
> The adobe fonts were already installed (no 10 pitch) and I installed the IBM 
> fonts and it was not there either. However, "Courier [IBM]" seems to look 
> fine, and will be suitable.
> 
> I would still like to know where the 10 pitch is if anybody knows... 

Oh, do you not have ttf-bitstream-vera installed? It looks like I've got
bitstream fonts providing it, maybe font-bitstream-type1 if you can't
get it from the other.

Thanks,
Donnie


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Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[Allan Gottlieb]

At Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:50:11 -0700 Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> wrote:

> darren kirby wrote:
>> quoth the Donnie Berkholz:
>>> Try font-adobe-100dpi or font-adobe-75dpi or possibly font-ibm-type1.
>> 
>> The adobe fonts were already installed (no 10 pitch) and I installed the IBM 
>> fonts and it was not there either. However, "Courier [IBM]" seems to look 
>> fine, and will be suitable.
>> 
>> I would still like to know where the 10 pitch is if anybody knows... 
>
> Oh, do you not have ttf-bitstream-vera installed? It looks like I've got
> bitstream fonts providing it, maybe font-bitstream-type1 if you can't
> get it from the other.

(Donnie, Thanks for all your informative replies on the Xorg issues.)

I notice that some of the fonts you mention are keyword masked (at
least on x86).  For example font-bitstream-* (except for -vera) and
font-ibm-type1.  Are these fonts less tested?  Would you recommend
unmasking all of them?  Would you want me to file a bug asking for
stabilization?  I should add that I am not at all hurting with just
the (stable) fonts that I do have installed.

thanks again,
allan
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Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[Donnie Berkholz]

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Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> I notice that some of the fonts you mention are keyword masked (at
> least on x86).  For example font-bitstream-* (except for -vera) and
> font-ibm-type1.  Are these fonts less tested?  Would you recommend
> unmasking all of them?  Would you want me to file a bug asking for
> stabilization?  I should add that I am not at all hurting with just
> the (stable) fonts that I do have installed.

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but the idea is that we're trying to
figure out which programs, fonts, etc people really use and need. If you
actually use something (not just install it and never use the fonts or
whatever), please file a bug requesting that it be stabled.

Thanks,
Donnie


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Re: [gentoo-user] Font missing after xorg upgrade

[Alan E. Davis]

I haven't checked lately, but when I upgraded to modular Xorg, the
following font package was missing:

      media-fonts/font-schumacher-misc

I was unable to run a program I'd compiled myself---xtide.

Alan Davis

On 7/13/06, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> > I notice that some of the fonts you mention are keyword masked (at
> > least on x86).  For example font-bitstream-* (except for -vera) and
> > font-ibm-type1.  Are these fonts less tested?  Would you recommend
> > unmasking all of them?  Would you want me to file a bug asking for
> > stabilization?  I should add that I am not at all hurting with just
> > the (stable) fonts that I do have installed.
>
> I've mentioned this elsewhere, but the idea is that we're trying to
> figure out which programs, fonts, etc people really use and need. If you
> actually use something (not just install it and never use the fonts or
> whatever), please file a bug requesting that it be stabled.
>
> Thanks,
> Donnie
>
>
>
>


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