Re: Unix OUI installer font

From: Chuck <skilover_nospam_at_softhome.net>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 14:27:56 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns95836A7645C84skiloversofthomenet@130.133.1.4>

[posted and mailed]

Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:pan.2004.10.15.12.08.35.826354_at_sbcglobal.net:

> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:47:05 +0000, Chuck wrote:
>

>> I'm not much of an expert on X. When I use the Cygwin X server, the
>> font that the Oracle's unix OUI chooses is small and difficult to
>> read. How can I tell it to use a bigger font?

>
> Oracle Untested Infuriator (OUI) will throw exceptions telling you
> that it cannot read some fonts. That, actually, doesn't have much to
> do with oracle, it's part of the Java Swing. You should install fonts
> needed by OUI. As we are talking about X11 servers, it is simple to
> find pcf fonts, put them in font path and enjoy.
>

Where do you find the "pcf" fonts, and how do you put them in the font path? Like I said I know very little about X. Received on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 09:27:56 CDT