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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] What X fonts do I really need?
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:15:48
Message-Id: 20151121031518.GA23555@waltdnes.org
1 After I got xterm working properly on the new install, I looked at my
2 list of installed fonts and did some hacking... and slashing... and got
3 down to this...
4
5 [i3][waltdnes][~] grep media-fonts /var/lib/portage/world
6 media-fonts/dejavu
7 media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi
8 media-fonts/font-bh-type1
9 media-fonts/font-cursor-misc
10 media-fonts/font-xfree86-type1
11
12 That's in addition to any fonts pulled in by programs. Without
13 dejavu, ICEWM menus look ugly. I like font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi
14 for xterms. In your experience, are...
15
16 media-fonts/font-bh-type1
17 media-fonts/font-cursor-misc
18 media-fonts/font-xfree86-type1
19
20 ...really necessary?
21
22 --
23 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
24 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] What X fonts do I really need? lee <lee@××××××××.de>