[NTLUG:Discuss] list archive / netscape fonts

[Koren, Peter A.]

Thanks TJ. Just swapping the order of the 75dpi and 100dpi fonts did it for
me. Now my wife can run and crash Netscrape on Linux instead of running and
crashing Netscrape and Windows on Win98.
She refused to try to read the tiny fonts.

Regards,

Peter Koren

-----Original Message-----
From: TJ Bell [mailto:tjbell at usa.net]

Kelly Scroggins wrote:
> 
> I know this has been discussed before but I need to fix the fonts in
> Netscape.  They're unbearable.  Too small.  I've tried adjusting the
> settings in the preferences but it doesn't do much good.
> 
> Can someone point me to a howto or tell me what to do or tell me how to
> search the ntlug archive?

The font HOWTO is at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.html

I highly recommend using xfstt and grabbing all your windows true-type
fonts.  Then you can go into Edit->Preferences in Netscape to fix it and
make it better.

Also, if you're running at a higher resolution, change the order of your
/etc/XF86Config file to reflect something similar to:

Section "Files"
  RgbPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
  FontPath      "unix/:7100"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

The idea of that is to put the 100dpi lines before the 75dpi
lines...your flavor may vary.