Where are utf8-capable fonts?
Thomas Mueller
mueller6724 at bellsouth.net
Wed May 28 07:07:48 UTC 2014
I looked in my fonts directories and /usr/ports/x11-fonts/ and couldn't find anything identifiable as utf8-capable.
What brings this up is all those annoying funny apostrophes that show as
i�\200\231m currently running into problem when trying to �\200\234make install�\200\235 qmail with the following options en
This is an example copied and pasted in an xterm from pkgsrc-users at netbsd.org emailing list, though the problem with those funny apostrophes not rendering properly is just as annoying with FreeBSD emailing lists.
I use mutt on uxterm, which I thought supported utf8. Do I need gnome-terminal? But that will do no better if the needed font isn't there. I tried mlterm some time back, but that proved unworkable as mutt always showed a blank screen, running invisibly, using foreground color same as background color.
When I built xorg on FreeBSD-current, I didn't remove/reject any fonts offered in the dialog4ports screens.
When I send email, I always use plain regular apostrophes (ASCII 39) and quotes (ASCII 34).
I tried
ls -lR /usr/local/libX11/fonts/ | grep "utf"
also for "UTF" and even "en_US"
and got nothing.
I am also curious if there are any utf8 fonts availoable for text console (syscons or newcons, but mainly newcons).
Tom
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