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Copy Chinese Fonts From Linux To Solaris

Steps

copy to /shared/local/lib/X11/fonts/

mv zhfont /shared/local/lib/X11/fonts/

cd /shared/local/lib/X11/fonts/
chown -R root:bin zhfont/
chmod -R g-w,o+r !$

Save previous setting

cdd tmp
cp /usr/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig .
xlsfonts > fonts0

xset -q
xsel -p > xfp0
cat !$

— The result of 'xset -q' can't be redirected or piped!?

add & reorder the fp

/usr/dt/bin/sdtfontadm &

— add & reorder the fp (choose Modify Font Path from the Options menu)

The OWconfig get updated but the xset -q show the old.

$ xset fp reset
xset:  bad font path element (#40), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax

"Install" the fornts using the default way

mv zhfont zhfont-toinst

Choose Install from the Fonts menu … none of the fonts are installable under Solaris, Oh, no: the Files list is always greyed out, because the task is to choose a directory (a folder), not a file.

gzip -d *
compress *

— the fonts have to be .Z files, not .gz files.

*N*: - Fonts under console can't be recognized by Solaris, they are ended with .fnt - No .fnt under Solaris font path: ffm /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/ fnt - Got 2 fonts and a big core dump!

Manually Install

cd /shared/local/lib/X11/fonts
cp -pR zhfont-toinst/X11 zhfont

then replace all .Z with .gz in file 'fonts.dir'

*N*: - 'xset fp reset' just never works - xset fp= works fine - xlsfonts | diff -wu fonts0 - shows new fonts are added.

TrueType fonts under Solaris

There is a directory: /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/ But it is not in the fp.

No prolem to add the pf in sdtfontadm.

Adding Chinese TTFs. NP! Just that the TTF don't have proper names under Solaris.

Check

head /usr/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig

— get fp

xset fp= ...
xset fp rehash
xlsfonts | do_waitp
xlsfonts | grep -i song

— yes

xlsfonts | diff -wu fonts0 - | do_waitp

xlsfonts | grep -i true

— no, because TTF fonts don't have "true type" in their font names, although sdtfontadm shows so.

$ xlsfonts | diff -wu fonts0 - | grep -B 1 -- '-0-0-0-0-p-0-'
 -itc-avantgarde-book-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
+-itc-avantgarde-book-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
 -itc-avantgarde-book-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
+-itc-avantgarde-book-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
+-itc-bookman-demi-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
 -itc-bookman-demi-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

— seem it is just duplication some other scalable fonts.