[H-GEN] [Fwd: annoying text - linux fonts]

[David Findlay]

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On Tuesday 20 March 2001 15:28, you wrote:
> I have xfs and xfstt running, for true type fonts on my Debian machine.
>   My font path and font packages were as per the attachment.

I don't use any font manager with 4.0.2.

> I had the "fixed" font installed by virtue of the basic font packages,
> and yet x apps weren't finding it.
> Solution was to change /etc/XF86Config so that the true-type fonts are
> at the end of the list and so the end of the font path.

Netscape is so much easier to read with true type fonts installed!

> Now that the menu's on EMACS are no longer displayed in "Algerian" Olde
> English script I can actually read them!

David Findlay

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