Re: [gentoo-user] Helvetica fonts

[David W Noon]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:41:06 -0700, Thelma (thelma@×××××××××××.com) wrote
about "Re: [gentoo-user] Helvetica fonts" (in
<860e60f9-c35e-24cb-0de7-0ecc3de8b72b@×××××××××××.com>):

[snip]
> I've emerge htmldoc copied their fonts to /usr/share/fonts/Helvetica/
> unmerged htmldoc
> run: fc-cache -fv
>
> But the fonts in "flpsed" are still same looking (not impressive).
>
> I've the following fonts installed:
> ll /usr/share/fonts/Helvetica/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31741 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica.afm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31586 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica-Bold.afm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31896 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica-BoldOblique.afm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 77039 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica-BoldOblique.pfa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70803 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica-Bold.pfa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39520 Mar  6 13:04 'Helvetica Neu Bold.ttf'
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39520 Mar  6 13:04 HelveticaNeueBd.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38016 Mar  6 13:04 'HelveticaNeue BlackCond.ttf'
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39568 Mar  6 13:04 HelveticaNeueHv.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43148 Mar  6 13:04 HelveticaNeueIt.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40104 Mar  6 13:04 'HelveticaNeue Light.ttf'
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40104 Mar  6 13:04 HelveticaNeueLt.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39656 Mar  6 13:04 'HelveticaNeue Medium.ttf'
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39656 Mar  6 13:04 HelveticaNeueMed.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40144 Mar  6 13:04 'HelveticaNeue Thin.ttf'
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41180 Mar  6 13:04 HelveticaNeue.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32044 Mar  6 13:56 helvetica-normal-58bdcca3a92e8.ttf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32097 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica-Oblique.afm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75595 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica-Oblique.pfa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70952 Mar  6 16:24 Helvetica.pfa
>
> So I don't know what fonts it is looking for.

You have a bunch of TrueType fonts in that list. Helvetica is not a
TrueType font, but an Adobe Postscript font. The nearest TrueType font
to Helvetica is probably Arial. However, flpsed is definitely looking
for Helvetica, not Arial.

I would start by deleting the *.ttf files in that directory (or move
them elsewhere) and refreshing the font cache again.
-- 
Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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