Re: font names

["Christopher Reder" <creder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:26:44 +0200

>On 10/10/2007 01:59 AM, Christopher Reder wrote:
>
>> These are the fonts I have:  (and I want to know the name that X expects
>> from them in the form from above
>> (-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-60-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1)
>> $ fc-list
>> Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold
>> DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold Oblique
>
>[ ... ]
>
>You are too far offtopic for this list.
>

Sorry, but I wasn't sure where else to post.

>The latter fonts do not have a name like the the first -- X these days uses 
>two completely seperate font mechanisms. One the old core fonts (among them 
>the -misc-fixed bitmap font you list) and the other the modern "fontconfig" 
>fonts which is where the latter come from.
>
>Seeing as how you seem to need/want core fonts for something, try "xfontsel" 
>for a semi-useful way to look at them.
>


>But Followup-to: google please.
>
>Rene.

I tried google extensively for searches with alias, with font config, with old font names etc and didn't see a way to get them.  I didn't even find good info on xlsfonts and if it is carried with xserver or as a separate program.  I will give xfontsel a shot.  I just need to know the exact name that the xserver expects when being given a text string to display.

Thanks for your reply and information.


>


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