XFree86 4.3.0 anti-alias font problem

[Doug Poland]

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 07:33:51AM -0500, Doug Poland wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm on a 4.8-STABLE box with XFree86 4.3.0.  I'm going through the handbook
> (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-fonts.html)
> and adding anti-aliased fonts to my system.
> 
> The problem I'm having is adding TrueType and the bitstream-vera fonts
> to my fontpath via xset.
> 
> Following the handbook, I've...
> 
> * Created the directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
> * Copied .ttf fonts from my windows partition to above directory
> * run the following command: ttmkfdir > fonts.dir
> 
> I do get a message from ttmkfdir which states:
> 	"unknown font foundry code SYRC"
> 
> A look at the files in the directory reveals nothing remotely similar
> to SYRC.  The fonts.dir file appears valid but admittedly I'm not sure
> what I'm looking at.
> 
> To continue, when I run:
> 
> * xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
> 
> I see:
> 
> 	xset:  bad font path element (#64), possible causes are:
> 		Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
> 		Directory missing fonts.dir
> 		Incorrect font server address or syntax
> 
> In my case, the directory does exist and has the same permissions as
> the other font directories.  The fonts.dir file does exist.  And I'm
> not sure what the 3rd possible cause is.
> 
> Curiously, I get the exact same error when I try to add the
> bitstream-vera fonts (added via x11-fonts/bitstream-vera port) to the
> fontpath.  
> 
> * xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/
>   xset:  bad font path element (#64), possible causes are:
>   Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>   Directory missing fonts.dir
>   Incorrect font server address or syntax
> 
> I must be missing something here.  Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
For the archives, the problem went away when I restarted X.

-- 
Regards,
Doug