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I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/ and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example ==> /us...

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I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed
grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/
and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example
```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
==> /usr/share/fonts/unifont/fonts.dir <==
unifont.ttf -misc-unifont-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```
The same lines are also present in the respective `fonts.scale` file.
However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,
```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -o -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```
even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.
I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][0] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?
---
Since those scalable fonts are `.tff`, while the classic bitmap ones are `.pcf`, I looked for more information on Truetype fonts and found several references ([1][1], [2][2], [3][3]) that suggest to add the _freetype_ module to `/etc/X11/xorg.conf`:
```
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
```
I did so and restarted the X server, but still no scalable fonts.
[0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description
[1]: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/
~~[2]: https://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html~~
[3]: https://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/6.3/x/x-setup.html

I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed
grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/
and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example
```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
==> /usr/share/fonts/unifont/fonts.dir <==
unifont.ttf -misc-unifont-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```
The same lines are also present in the respective `fonts.scale` file.
However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,
```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -o -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```
even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.
I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][0] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?
---
Since those scalable fonts are `.tff`, while the classic bitmap ones are `.pcf`, I looked for more information on Truetype fonts and found several references ([1][1], [2][2], [3][3]) that suggest to add the _freetype_ module to `/etc/X11/xorg.conf`:
```
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
```
I did so and restarted the X server, but still no scalable fonts.
[0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description
[1]: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/
[2]: http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxFonts.html#fontSw
[3]: https://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/6.3/x/x-setup.html

#3: Post edited by

Quasímodo‭ · 2022-02-08T13:29:45Z (about 2 years ago)

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I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed
grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/
and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example
```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
==> /usr/share/fonts/unifont/fonts.dir <==
unifont.ttf -misc-unifont-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```
The same lines are also present in the respective `fonts.scale` file.
However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,
```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -o -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```
even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.
~~I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][1] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?~~
~~[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description~~

I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed
grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/
and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example
```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
==> /usr/share/fonts/unifont/fonts.dir <==
unifont.ttf -misc-unifont-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```
The same lines are also present in the respective `fonts.scale` file.
However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,
```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -o -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```
even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.
I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][0] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?
---
Since those scalable fonts are `.tff`, while the classic bitmap ones are `.pcf`, I looked for more information on Truetype fonts and found several references ([1][1], [2][2], [3][3]) that suggest to add the _freetype_ module to `/etc/X11/xorg.conf`:
```
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
```
I did so and restarted the X server, but still no scalable fonts.
[0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description
[1]: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/
[2]: https://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html
[3]: https://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/6.3/x/x-setup.html

#2: Post edited by

Quasímodo‭ · 2022-02-08T12:56:47Z (about 2 years ago)

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X server scalable fonts are not loaded into the database

Scalable fonts are not loaded into the X server database

I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed
grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/
and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example
```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```
However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,
```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```
even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.
I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][1] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?
[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description

I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed
grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/
and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example
```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
==> /usr/share/fonts/unifont/fonts.dir <==
unifont.ttf -misc-unifont-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```
The same lines are also present in the respective `fonts.scale` file.
However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,
```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -o -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```
even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.
I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][1] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?
[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description

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Quasímodo‭ · 2022-02-07T22:35:44Z (about 2 years ago)

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X server scalable fonts are not loaded into the database

I have some old X11 applications complain that they cannot find a ISO8859-2 font. So I executed

    grep -r 8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/

and, to my surprise, found many matches, for example

```
==> /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/fonts.dir <==
DejaVuSans.ttf -misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf -misc-dejavu sans condensed-bold-o-semicondensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2
```

However, Xlsfonts finds no such fonts,

```
$ xlsfonts -fn '-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-2'
xlsfonts: pattern "*-iso8859-2" unmatched
```

even though `/usr/share/fonts/dejavu` is in the font path as per `xset q`.

I followed [Arch Wiki: X Logical Font Description][1] closely, but I just don't get the expected result. What am I missing?

[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/X_Logical_Font_Description

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