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Bug 19564 - fontconfig 2.1.94-r1 does not have the helvetica font
Summary: fontconfig 2.1.94-r1 does not have the helvetica font
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: foser (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-04-18 12:58 UTC by Moldy86!
Modified: 2003-04-23 07:28 UTC (History)
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Description Moldy86! 2003-04-18 12:58:19 UTC
rolled back to 2.1-r1 and it works fine..

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
emerge /usr/portage/media-libs/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.1.94-r1.ebuild 

Actual Results:  
The helvetica font Does not work

Expected Results:  
Helvetica font

i have i have /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/helv018-*.pcf.gz <guessing thats
the fonts
Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-21 07:13:10 UTC
the pcf.gz were disregarded i think because they are pretty useless to most people in the standard config.

I think fontconfig 2.2 will do something about this, since more people asked for it. It will be out anytime soon now.

You can add them by adding <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi</dir> to your local.conf for now.

Problem is that with disregarding some fontpaths we also disregard some possibly 'harmful' fonts which cause ugly fonts for users. Adding the root path again will also inlude these fonts.
Comment 2 Moldy86! 2003-04-21 13:06:59 UTC
Ok thanx... I will play around with it a bit ;P
Comment 3 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-23 07:28:21 UTC
ok in the new fontconfig (2.2.0) i'm gonna add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi to the basic setup as well. Altough they look pretty bad here.

As long as we can't exclude dirs, this should do.