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On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 11:49:44 -0700, Thelma (thelma@×××××××××××.com) wrote |
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about "Re: [gentoo-user] Helvetica fonts" (in |
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<d2e38e1a-c8c8-13a8-1d74-eaf61fe6f2d7@×××××××××××.com>): |
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[snip] |
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>> I would start by deleting the *.ttf files in that directory (or move |
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>> them elsewhere) and refreshing the font cache again. |
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> I removed them. |
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> I have bunch of font helvetica: |
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> find /usr/share/fonts/ -iname helv* |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO12-ISO8859-14.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB18-ISO8859-9.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR24-ISO8859-14.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO10-ISO8859-4.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR08-ISO8859-3.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO14-ISO8859-3.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB24-ISO8859-4.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR14-ISO8859-9.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB12-ISO8859-9.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO10-ISO8859-15.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR10-ISO8859-14.pcf.gz |
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> /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR12-ISO8859-15.pcf.gz |
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Try the following, to see what fontconfig has cached: |
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fc-list | egrep 'Helvetica' | sort | less |
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> So which group do they belong to? |
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The fonts above belong to the package media-fonts/fonts-adobe-75dpi. |
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These are fonts optimized for rendering on display devices that have a |
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pixel density of 75 dots per inch (dpi). A qlist for that package |
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indicates that they do not have a fontconfig .conf file. However, |
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fontconfig does cache them, since /usr/share/fonts is named in |
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/etc/fonts/fonts.conf. |
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> eselect fontconfig list |
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[snip] |
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The fonts configured by eselect are "exotic" fonts that are added to |
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fontconfig. They are of no importance here. |
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> I don't see anything starting with "helv" |
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You won't see any such entry. |
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> Maybe they are not enabled in my system? |
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Run the fc-list command, as I suggested above. That will show you every |
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font that purports to offer the Helvetica type face plus any other font |
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attributes. |
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Just to show you what to expect from Helvetica and Arial, here are a |
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couple of Wikipedia articles: |
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica> |
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial> |
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These articles contain sample text rendered in the respective fonts. |
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This will help you recognize Helvetica when you get it working. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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