Ok - experimented further. It just doesn't traverse subdirectories -
so the point of symlink, bind etc is moot as without subdirectory
traversal you can't tell. So I tried copying a single ttf over, which
isn't an acceptable working practice in anything more than a one-man
shop anyway, and the new font, which shows up, doesn't actually work.
The text stays the same as whatever it was set to before changing to
this font. Anyone tried anything along these lines?
Cheers,
Alan.
On 9/17/07, Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh and aside from not being able to reproduce the same typo twice. I
> found out it doesn't follow symlinks either... oddly nor does it seem
> to respect bound directories i.e. mount -o bind /usr/share/fonts
> /opt/Softimage/XSI_6.5/Application/mainwin/mw/fonts/systemfonts
>
> Either that or it doesn't traverse subdirectories in the fonts directory.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan.
>
> On 9/17/07, Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > FRTMed? ;)
> >
> > On 9/17/07, Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just followed the word and FTRMed
> > >
> > > Installing Fonts on Linux
> > >
> > > SOFTIMAGE|XSI uses the fonts installed in your $MWHOME/fonts
> > > directory. To install a TrueType or OpenType font, simply copy the TTF
> > > file to this location. If there is a corresponding BDF file, copy it
> > > to the same location for a "what you see is what you get" display in
> > > the editing pane of the Text property editor.
> > >
> > > Seems it is limited to TT/OT - Guess it's time for a feature request
> > > for it to pull installed fonts instead of requiring special treatment
> > > :D
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Alan.
> > >
> > > On 9/17/07, Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Halfy,
> > > >
> > > > On 9/17/07, Halfdan Ingvarsson <hingvars(at)softimage.com> wrote:
> > > > > That's because X on Linux doesn't ship with those fonts.
> > > > Ummm - I assume you mean the factory fonts XSI users for display etc?
> > > > Any reason it couldn't pull those itself as well as any fonts that are
> > > > installed on the system (including the user's .fonts directory?)
> > > >
> > > > Does it only work with the factory locations or should this work with
> > > > user directories as well? i.e.
> > > > ~/Softimage/$XSI/Application/mainwin/mw/fonts ? Is it limited to
> > > > truetype fonts? Does it follow symlinks?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the help.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Alan.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > $XSI/Applicatin/mainwin/mw/fonts
> > > > >
> > > > > - ½
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Alan Jones
> > > > > Sent: 17-Sep-2007 09:43
> > > > > To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > > > Subject: XSI, Fonts and Linux
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know how and where XSI pulls fonts from on linux?
> > > > >
> > > > > I doesn't seem to pull it from X the same as other applications.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Alan.
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