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How to find X11 fonts names by text console
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smlunatick
Feb 13, 2008, 3:56:14 PM2/13/08
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I have a software package that uses the X11 fonts to convert text to
TIFF files as part of the faxing out. I do not have "remote" access
to the X Windows system (just telnet) so I can not run 'xlsfonts' so
as to list the file names. How can I do this directly with the text
console screen?
TIFF files as part of the faxing out. I do not have "remote" access
to the X Windows system (just telnet) so I can not run 'xlsfonts' so
as to list the file names. How can I do this directly with the text
console screen?
Dan Espen
Feb 13, 2008, 5:10:19 PM2/13/08
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smlunatick <yve...@gmail.com> writes:
Look at the xlsfonts man page:
xlsfonts -display host:dpy
^^^^^^^^
Fortunate1ZE972270361366933ly the output is on stdout so you can look at any systems
fonts.
xlsfonts doesn't list filenames, just fonts.
polemon
Feb 23, 2008, 12:13:31 PM2/23/08
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On 02/13/2008 11:10 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
> xlsfonts doesn't list filenames, just fonts.
> xlsfonts doesn't list filenames, just fonts.
Hmm, I don't exactly understand, what smlunatic means, since - as you
stated - xlsfonts doesn't list filenames.
I'd look for the xfs config file, and see what directories it reads.
Mine is /etc/X11/fs/config .
The 'catalogue' option specifies the directories where the fonts are.
I'd then traverse the directories' fonts.dir files, and look for the
font in question.
--polemon
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