Re: [Bug-XBoard] can't run xboard due to font problem

[Tim Mann]

That's a standard X11 font family.  Your Linux distribution should
include the fonts from this family in packages with names like
xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts and xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts.  I don't know what
distro you are using, so I can't be more precise than that.

If you prefer to use a different font, please read the documentation
that comes with xboard about the options for selecting fonts from the
command line or your .Xdefaults file.

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:20:46 +0200, "Galip Haznedar" <address@hidden> wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I'm a new linux user and I've just installed xboard from the file
> xboard-4.2.7.tar.gz in my home directory, as told in FAQ. 4 new folders are
> created (bin, man, share and xboard-4.2.7) and under bin and
> xboard-4.2.7there are executable xboard files. I tried to run both of
> them by running
> console on these folders and typing ./xboard; but I got the message: "
> xboard: no fonts match pattern -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> i have no helvetica font installed on my system. can you send me? or what
> should i do? how can i change the default font setting?
> 
> thanks in advance.


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