From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28511 invoked by alias); 4 Jul 2014 07:16:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 28489 invoked by uid 89); 4 Jul 2014 07:16:21 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-we0-f172.google.com Received: from mail-we0-f172.google.com (HELO mail-we0-f172.google.com) (74.125.82.172) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 07:16:19 +0000 Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id u57so1242806wes.31 for ; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:16:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.158.164 with SMTP id wv4mr1001052wjb.124.1404458176562; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:16:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.98.233 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Jul 2014 00:16:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 07:16:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: How do fonts work when you have no font packages installed? From: Michael DePaulo To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-07/txt/msg00002.txt.bz2 I tried to send this email previously, but I think it did not go through because I was not subscribed to the list yet. -------- Hi, I just installed cygwin64 with only the base packages, "xorg-server", and its dependencies installed. The FAQ (2014-04-29) states: 3.5. My favourite font has gone! The font Emacs uses is just boxes Only minimal fonts will be installed after the upgrade. However, on my system, /usr/share/fonts/ is empty. Yet I am able to XDMCP into a GNOME2 CentOS 6.5 machine and all the fonts show up fine with the handful of apps I tested. Can someone explain how text is being rendered? Is Cygwin Xwin using fonts from the Windows OS? Are the fonts being rendered client-side via XRender? Thanks in advance, -Mike mike@executor /usr $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.3 executor 1.7.30(0.272/5/3) 2014-05-23 10:36 x86_64 Cygwin mike@executor /usr $ find . | grep fonts ./share/doc/groff-1.22.2/examples/hdtbl/fonts_n.ps ./share/doc/groff-1.22.2/examples/hdtbl/fonts_n.roff ./share/doc/groff-1.22.2/examples/hdtbl/fonts_x.ps ./share/doc/groff-1.22.2/examples/hdtbl/fonts_x.roff mike@executor /usr $ cd share mike@executor /usr/share $ ls awk file icons locale man p11-kit pki terminfo texmf zoneinfo doc groff info magic misc pkgconfig tabset texinfo X11 mike@executor /usr/share $ X -query galactica -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/