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GTLA-02 Service Account [gtla02 at linlab1.phy.okstate.edu]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:32:28 -0600

Hello,

Can I get any help for installing fonts server in my machine?

its slackware 10.2

Thanks in advance

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:37:37 +0000

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:32:28PM -0600, GTLA-02 Service Account wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > Can I get any help for installing fonts server in my machine?
    >
    > its slackware 10.2

Did you read what I wrote in that article? You don't need one. If you still want help, perhaps you'd kindly tell us what issue you're currently having with fonts?

-- Thomas Adam

    --
    "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
    Song, by The Monkees.

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GTLA-02 Service Account [gtla02 at linlab1.phy.okstate.edu]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:44:32 -0600 (CST)

Thank you for you quick response.

Yes I did read the article.

But my problem is I need to support mathematica from remote Windows XP. So I thought installing fonts server would provide required mathematica fonts to the remote clients. The remote Client(windows XP) uses Xming for x-server. But when mathmatica is accessed, it give font error.

I have got alternate solution for this problem i.e. loading required font in Xming but I think if i can install font server in server, they can just locate the font server and run the mathematica.

Am i doing a right thing? Sir, I am newbie to linux. So

Sincerely Rupesh

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Thomas Adam wrote:

    > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:32:28PM -0600, GTLA-02 Service Account wrote:
    >> Hello,
    >>
    >> Can I get any help for installing fonts server in my machine?
    >>
    >> its slackware 10.2
    >
    > Did you read what I wrote in that article?  You don't need one.  If you
    > still want help, perhaps you'd kindly tell us what issue you're
    > currently having with fonts?
    >
    > -- Thomas Adam
    >
    > --
    > "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
    > Song, by The Monkees.
    >

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:52:55 +0000

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:44:32PM -0600, GTLA-02 Service Account wrote:

    > But my problem is I need to support mathematica from remote Windows
    > XP. So I thought installing fonts server would provide required
    > mathematica fonts to the remote clients. The remote Client(windows XP)
    > uses Xming for x-server. But when mathmatica is accessed, it give font
    > error.

Ugh -- I have no idea, at least, not without the exact error (which you should be providing, incidentally). Assuming, though, that Xming works every bit like XServer does (I'd be surprised if it did -- it is a port after all), you would have to ensure that the font server is referenced correctly within the Xming configuration file. -- Thomas Adam

    --
    "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
    Song, by The Monkees.

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Paul Sephton [paul at inet.co.za]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:09:00 +0200

On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 14:32 -0600, GTLA-02 Service Account wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > Can I get any help for installing fonts server in my machine?
    >
    > its slackware 10.2

<snip>

As far as I am aware, you don't need a font server unless you want to install all your fonts on one machine and serve those up across a network. Someone here on LG wrote a marvellous article on font usage which I could not improve on if I tried.

I do indeed have xfstt installed on my machine, but that was upgraded over the years, and I forget where I sourced the package. I certainly don't use it anymore. It is called xfstt.tgz if you care to look. Effectively, to use this, you need to run:

    /usr/X11/bin/xfstt --daemon

from your /etc/rc.d/rc.local, and refer to the port address in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, "Files" section. Typically,

    Fontpath  "inet/host.domain:7101"

Alternatively, use xset fp+ inet/127.0.0.1:7101

xfstt looks for its fonts by default in /usr/share/fonts/truetype

Paul Sephton

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:05:54 +0000

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 11:09:00PM +0200, Paul Sephton wrote:

    > On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 14:32 -0600, GTLA-02 Service Account wrote:
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > Can I get any help for installing fonts server in my machine?
    > >
    > > its slackware 10.2
    > <snip>
    >
    > As far as I am aware, you don't need a font server unless you want to
    > install all your fonts on one machine and serve those up across a
    > network.  Someone here on LG wrote a marvellous article on font usage
    > which I could not improve on if I tried.

That wouldn't by any chance be the one that's referenced in the Subject of this email, would it? -- Thomas Adam

    --
    "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
    Song, by The Monkees.

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Paul Sephton [paul at inet.co.za]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:17:57 +0200

On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 21:05 +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:

    > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 11:09:00PM +0200, Paul Sephton wrote:
    > > network.  Someone here on LG wrote a marvellous article on font usage
    > > which I could not improve on if I tried.
    >
    > That wouldn't by any chance be the one that's referenced in the Subject
    > of this email, would it?

oops- Sorry, Thomas.

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:03:00 +0000

Forwarded by Thomas Adam - Kat

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Thomas Adam wrote:

    > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:44:32PM -0600, GTLA-02 Service Account wrote:
    >> But my problem is I need to support mathematica from remote Windows
    >> XP. So I thought installing fonts server would provide required
    >> mathematica fonts to the remote clients. The remote Client(windows XP)
    >> uses Xming for x-server. But when mathmatica is accessed, it give font
    >> error.
    >
    > Ugh -- I have no idea, at least, not without the exact error (which you
    > should be providing, incidentally).  Assuming, though, that Xming works
    > every bit like XServer does (I'd be surprised if it did -- it is a port
    > after all), you would have to ensure that the font server is referenced
    > correctly within the Xming configuration file.

Dear sir,

Mathematica uses their own fonts and all other fonts are incompatible. the Mathematica fonts are already in the linux server. I just need to locate the fonts from remote X-server (Xming). I would be grateful to you if you suggest me in someway

Sincerely Rupesh

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:11:03 +0000

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 09:03:00PM +0000, Rupesh wrote:

    > Dear sir,

Call me Thomas. I don't own a knighthood, which is a good thing. Secondly, please retain a Cc to tag@lists.linuxgazette.net when replying to any emails. If you don't, I'll just delete your email. Whislt that might seem harsh, it's just my way.

    > Mathematica uses their own fonts and all other fonts are incompatible. the
    > Mathematica fonts are already in the linux server. I just need to locate
    > the fonts from remote X-server (Xming). I would be grateful to you if you
    > suggest me in someway

I have no idea what it is you're trying to do -- or how Mathematica works (I can only shudder to think how it might). Where have you put these fonts? More importantly, are they in a location Mathematica knows about (i.e. I assume Mathematica hasn't got some stupid hard-coded reference to them?)

-- Thomas Adam

    --
    "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
    Song, by The Monkees.

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GTLA-02 Service Account [gtla02 at linlab1.phy.okstate.edu]
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:19:05 -0600 (CST)

Dear Thomas,

In my machine, mathematica stores its fonts at /usr/local/Wolfram/mathematica/5.1/Systemfiles/Fonts directory. The thing is when i access mathematica from the LAN machines with slackware,it runs perfectly fine. But from remote no font in located.

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Thomas Adam wrote:

    > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 09:03:00PM +0000, Rupesh wrote:
    >> Dear sir,
    >
    > Call me Thomas.  I don't own a knighthood, which is a good thing.
    > Secondly, please retain a Cc to tag@lists.linuxgazette.net when replying
    > to any emails.  If you don't, I'll just delete your email.  Whislt that
    > might seem harsh, it's just my way.
    >
    >> Mathematica uses their own fonts and all other fonts are incompatible. the
    >> Mathematica fonts are already in the linux server. I just need to locate
    >> the fonts from remote X-server (Xming). I would be grateful to you if you
    >> suggest me in someway
    >
    > I have no idea what it is you're trying to do -- or how Mathematica
    > works (I can only shudder to think how it might).  Where have you put
    > these fonts?  More importantly, are they in a location Mathematica knows
    > about (i.e. I assume Mathematica hasn't got some stupid hard-coded
    > reference to them?)
    >
    > -- Thomas Adam
    >
    > --
    > "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
    > Song, by The Monkees.
    >

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