subbfont.ttf, missing.

[Alejandro Pulver]

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:12:03 -0700
Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org> wrote:

> 	I can't figure out how to get mozilla or firefox to 
> 	play "the writer's almanac"  (( any help??)).  It plays out
> 	of the box on my RH 8.0  box.  At any rate, I'm trying to get
> 	gmplayer set up with its realaudio codecs, and when I bring up
> 	gmplayer, it complains that it is missing
> 	~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf.
> 
> 	Anybody know where it is hiding?  I've installed mplayer-fonts 
> 	and didn't find the "*ttf" file in the port//work directory.
> 	Of course neither is subfont.ttf in
> 	/usr/local/share/mplayer/font*.  
> 
> 	So: a) can I config gmplayer to play realplay files, pref by
> 	script?  or b) do I need the ttf file for [g]mplayer?
> 
> 	thanks for any clues here, gents,
> 
> 	gary
> 
> 	PS: (Video: is a dontcare).
> 

Hello,

You can try copying the ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf from RH 8.0.

If it is a symlink (probably) just link ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf to your
favourite font (the font directories are usually under
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/").

Hope that helps.

Best Regards,
Ale