Re: [Freetype] where are the fonts ???

[Riccardo Cohen]

Yes, but in a program that will be distributed, I cannot afford making a find 
or locate at startup !
I was expected a C function or environment variable telling where they are !

The rpm function would not work on linux debian.

Shall I scan /etc/X11/XftConfig ?

on the other hand, I have a standard redhat 6.2 machine with :
        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
in the file /etc/X11/XF86Config, but there is no directory like this on the 
machine !

All that is strange...


Vadim Plessky wrote:
> 
> On Monday 02 September 2002 12:28 pm, Riccardo Cohen wrote:
> |  Hi,
> |  If I build an application with freetype, I suppose that I must know where
> | are the fonts in the hard disk. On windows I can try in
> | "GetWindowsDirectory()/Fonts", but on Linux ??? and MacOsX ???
> |
> |  Thanks for any information...
> 
> Fonts are usually located at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ (if you are running one of typical Linux
> distributions)
> but you can put them in A8ny* folder, and add that folder to
> /etc/X11/XftConfig
> You just need to re-run #xftcache after each modification of XftConfig
> (Linux will do it automatically on startup/reboot, but you don't have to
> reboot after editing XftConfig)
> 
> Anyway, easy way to serach for a fonts is to invoke:
> #locate .pfb
> or
> #locate .ttf
> --> than you will see what folders have those fonts.
> 
> Alternatively, you can invoke rpm and ask for 'fonts' packages:
> 
> address@hidden vad]$ rpm -qa | grep fonts
> ghostscript-fonts-5.50-7mdk
> XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-6mdk
> fonts-ttf-west_european-1.3-9mdk
> urw-fonts-2.0-5mdk
> XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-6mdk
> fonts-ttf-decoratives-1.3-9mdk
> 
> and than list available fonts:
> address@hidden vad]$rpm -ql urw-fonts
> ...
> 
> Hope this helps!
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