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# The FINAL CUT newfont
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## *A graphical text font for X11 and the Linux console*
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2017-11-02 16:05:34 +01:00
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### How can I use the new graphical font under the Linux text console?
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Simply start your program with the parameter `--newfont`.
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### How can I use the new graphical font under X11?
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2017-11-03 05:04:27 +01:00
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The use of the new graphical font under X11 is only possible with
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the terminal emulators
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[xterm](http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.html)
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or
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[urxvt](http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html),
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because only these terminal emulators can change the font by
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using an escape sequence. For an xterm, the "[Allow Font Ops](../doc/xterm.txt)"
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option must be set.
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#### Install the gzip compressed X11 pcf bitmap font 8x16graph.pcf.gz on your xserver:
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1. Create as user root the font directory<br />
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`mkdir /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/finalcut/`
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2017-11-03 05:04:27 +01:00
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2. Copy the files 8x16graph.pcf.gz, fonts.dir and fonts.alias
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into the just created directory<br />
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`cp 8x16graph.pcf.gz fonts.dir fonts.alias /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/finalcut/`
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3. Add the new dir to X font path<br />
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`xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/finalcut/`<br />
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*(You can insert this command into the ~/.xinitrc to make the font path permanently usable)*
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4. Check if the font is available to the xserver<br />
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`xlsfonts | grep 8x16graph`
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5. Start your program with the parameter `--newfont`<br />
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`ui --newfont`
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