Re: [gentoo-user] Helvetica fonts

[James Cloos]

>>>>> "t" == thelma  <thelma@×××××××××××.com> writes:

t> Which package contain "Helvetica" font?
t> I'm using "flpsed" and apparently it is using Helvetica font, which
t> "eselect fontconfig list" is not showing anything that resemble "helvet"
t> "eix helvet" is not showing anything either.

t> The fonts in "flpsed" display are very rugged/pixelated, it is hard to
t> look at them.

I read a number of posts in this thread; few had anything useful to say...

First of all, FL_HELVETICA is a #define from fltk.

Cf http://www.fltk.org/doc-1.1/enumerations.html

So with which USE flags have you compiled fltk?

If you have eix installed, eix fltk will show them.

You probably want the xft and/or cairo flags enabled.

If you have xft, fltk will use fontconfig and client-side fonts.

And then running:

  :; fc-match helvetica

will show you which font fontconfig will use when asked for helvetica.

Also, try this:

  :; XFT_DEBUG=1 flpsed

If fltk uses xft, then that will show you which fonts it selected.

If nothing prints than fltk is compiled to use server-side fonts.
Which you probably prefer to avoid.

-JimC
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