(mgp-users 00195) Re: Fonts anf mgp

[Lars Munch <c948114@student.dtu.dk>]

itojun@itojun.org wrote:
> 
> >> I have read all the available documentation for mgp, and I am still
> >> not able to get nice smooth looking fonts. :-(
> >> I run a Red Hat 6.1 with FreeType and xfs and mgp-1.06a. I have tried
> >> with the ttf fonts suggested in the default.mgp file (cmXXX.ttf) and had
> >> no luck.
> 
>         If you would like to have antialiasing, you need to use freetype
>         library directly from magicpoint, not via xfs.
>         Possible gotchas:
>         - If you do not have -DFREETYPE in your Imakefile, "configure" script
>           failed to find your freetype library.
>         - You need to configure truetype font path by using %tfdir directive,
>           or specify full pathname to %tfont.
> 
> itojun

It was gotchas number two... Now it look perfect :-)
though I still wonder why mgp shows my presentation
without any warning, that it did not find the right ttf-fonts.

Thanks a lot
-- Lars Munch