On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 19:15, Peter Gasper wrote:> I got fontconfig and freetype installed with gtkFB. But the size of the > fonts directories is huge. Is there a straightforward, clean, or easy > way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.It''s hard for me to figure out what you are asking here. What do you need to know other than "remove fonts that you don''t need? Regards, Owen
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:43, Peter Gasper wrote:> Well, I have these large font directories and I have no idea where to > start cleaning out unneeded fonts. I could just start deleting files, > but I don''t imagine thats the best way to go about it. > > So what is the proper way to remove fonts (their files) from a system > which has fontconfig and freetype?You delete them. And then, when you are done, if you want to make finding fonts a bit more efficient, you, as root, run ''fc-cache'' so that the indices are updated. Regards, Owen
Thanks. In a way I meant both. But I really had no clue what to do so I was just looking for anything to get me started. Sorry if this wasn''t the appropriate list to ask this question but I was unable to find what I needed elsewhere. Again, thanks. Pete Gasper On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:15, Ciprian Popovici wrote:> On 23 Jun 2003 11:50:27 -0400 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:43, Peter Gasper wrote: > > > Well, I have these large font directories and I have no idea where > > > to start cleaning out unneeded fonts. I could just start deleting > > > files, but I don''t imagine thats the best way to go about it. > > > > > > So what is the proper way to remove fonts (their files) from a > > > system which has fontconfig and freetype? > > > > You delete them. And then, when you are done, if you want to make > > finding fonts a bit more efficient, you, as root, run ''fc-cache'' > > so that the indices are updated. > > I think he means "how do I know which ones to delete"? > > If the fonts were installed via a package manager for your distro you > can try removing all font packages except those for your locale, for the > "Western" locale (ISO8859-1) and maybe Unicode. > > If you manage your font dirs by hand, you should know that essential to > X are only the ''fixed'' and the ''cursor'' fonts. They are usually found > under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc. However, everything will look ugly > with just those two around. I myself have just the basic "Windows" TTF > fonts, plus fixed+cursor, plus the Artwiz fonts. They make for about 6 > MB and that''s all. > > But I think we''re getting offtopic. Peter, if you''d like more help > please contact me privately, this is not really an issue to be discussed > on this list.-- Peter Gasper <pgasper@designadvantage.com>
Well, I have these large font directories and I have no idea where to start cleaning out unneeded fonts. I could just start deleting files, but I don''t imagine thats the best way to go about it. So what is the proper way to remove fonts (their files) from a system which has fontconfig and freetype? thanks. On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 04:27, Owen Taylor wrote:> On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 19:15, Peter Gasper wrote: > > I got fontconfig and freetype installed with gtkFB. But the size of the > > fonts directories is huge. Is there a straightforward, clean, or easy > > way to do this? Any help would be appreciated. > > It''s hard for me to figure out what you are asking here. What do you > need to know other than "remove fonts that you don''t need? > > Regards, > Owen > > > _______________________________________________ > Fontconfig mailing list > Fontconfig@fontconfig.org > http://mail.fontconfig.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig-- Peter Gasper <pgasper@designadvantage.com>
On 23 Jun 2003 11:50:27 -0400 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> wrote:> On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:43, Peter Gasper wrote: > > Well, I have these large font directories and I have no idea where > > to start cleaning out unneeded fonts. I could just start deleting > > files, but I don''t imagine thats the best way to go about it. > > > > So what is the proper way to remove fonts (their files) from a > > system which has fontconfig and freetype? > > You delete them. And then, when you are done, if you want to make > finding fonts a bit more efficient, you, as root, run ''fc-cache'' > so that the indices are updated.I think he means "how do I know which ones to delete"? If the fonts were installed via a package manager for your distro you can try removing all font packages except those for your locale, for the "Western" locale (ISO8859-1) and maybe Unicode. If you manage your font dirs by hand, you should know that essential to X are only the ''fixed'' and the ''cursor'' fonts. They are usually found under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc. However, everything will look ugly with just those two around. I myself have just the basic "Windows" TTF fonts, plus fixed+cursor, plus the Artwiz fonts. They make for about 6 MB and that''s all. But I think we''re getting offtopic. Peter, if you''d like more help please contact me privately, this is not really an issue to be discussed on this list. -- Ciprian Popovici
I got fontconfig and freetype installed with gtkFB. But the size of the fonts directories is huge. Is there a straightforward, clean, or easy way to do this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -- Peter Gasper <pgasper@designadvantage.com>