urw-fonts making X11 worse? PDF alternatives
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I have an in-house app that we're using across an X11 connection. The app looks great on a minimal install of X11. However, the machine also requires a PDF reader, most of which require urw-fonts to be installed. Once urw-fonts is installed, the main application is changed (presumably to use one of the PS fonts in urw-fonts) and looks awful. I want to preserve the original font for the application, but also have a PDF reader. I'm exploring 'Zathura' with PDF support as an option (it doesn't seem to require urw-fonts), but I'm open to a smarter way to do this. Is there a way to limit urw-fonts to only the PDF reader, say evince? Or some other approach? Remove urw-fonts in system control somehow?
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I have an in-house app that we're using across an X11 connection. The app looks great on a minimal install of X11. However, the machine also requires a PDF reader, most of which require urw-fonts to be installed. Once urw-fonts is installed, the main application is changed (presumably to use one of the PS fonts in urw-fonts) and looks awful. I want to preserve the original font for the application, but also have a PDF reader. I'm exploring 'Zathura' with PDF support as an option (it doesn't seem to require urw-fonts), but I'm open to a smarter way to do this. Is there a way to limit urw-fonts to only the PDF reader, say evince? Or some other approach? Remove urw-fonts in system control somehow?
centos x11 fonts
asked May 2 at 22:59
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Can't you configure the in-house app to use whatever fonts it is using on the minimal install instead ofurw-fonts? You didn't tell us anything about the in-house app, but all X apps I've used so far allow you to configure fonts. If it was written with one of the standard toolkits that options comes automatically. Much easier to do it this way than to fiddle around with the PDF reader.
– dirkt
May 3 at 8:18
@dirkt I (incorrectly) refer to it as an "in house" app because it's a custom application (vice open source) that I do not really have any insight into (I'm just trying to get the OS built to support it). I have been in contact with the developers, but in the event they don't have an answer I'm wondering if there's a system level change I can make to isolateurw-fontsfrom that application.
– secJ
May 3 at 11:54
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I have an in-house app that we're using across an X11 connection. The app looks great on a minimal install of X11. However, the machine also requires a PDF reader, most of which require urw-fonts to be installed. Once urw-fonts is installed, the main application is changed (presumably to use one of the PS fonts in urw-fonts) and looks awful. I want to preserve the original font for the application, but also have a PDF reader. I'm exploring 'Zathura' with PDF support as an option (it doesn't seem to require urw-fonts), but I'm open to a smarter way to do this. Is there a way to limit urw-fonts to only the PDF reader, say evince? Or some other approach? Remove urw-fonts in system control somehow?
centos x11 fonts
asked May 2 at 22:59
secJ
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I have an in-house app that we're using across an X11 connection. The app looks great on a minimal install of X11. However, the machine also requires a PDF reader, most of which require urw-fonts to be installed. Once urw-fonts is installed, the main application is changed (presumably to use one of the PS fonts in urw-fonts) and looks awful. I want to preserve the original font for the application, but also have a PDF reader. I'm exploring 'Zathura' with PDF support as an option (it doesn't seem to require urw-fonts), but I'm open to a smarter way to do this. Is there a way to limit urw-fonts to only the PDF reader, say evince? Or some other approach? Remove urw-fonts in system control somehow?
centos x11 fonts
asked May 2 at 22:59
secJ
16115
asked May 2 at 22:59
secJ
16115
asked May 2 at 22:59
secJ
16115
asked May 2 at 22:59
secJ
16115
16115
Can't you configure the in-house app to use whatever fonts it is using on the minimal install instead ofurw-fonts? You didn't tell us anything about the in-house app, but all X apps I've used so far allow you to configure fonts. If it was written with one of the standard toolkits that options comes automatically. Much easier to do it this way than to fiddle around with the PDF reader.
– dirkt
May 3 at 8:18
@dirkt I (incorrectly) refer to it as an "in house" app because it's a custom application (vice open source) that I do not really have any insight into (I'm just trying to get the OS built to support it). I have been in contact with the developers, but in the event they don't have an answer I'm wondering if there's a system level change I can make to isolateurw-fontsfrom that application.
– secJ
May 3 at 11:54
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Can't you configure the in-house app to use whatever fonts it is using on the minimal install instead ofurw-fonts? You didn't tell us anything about the in-house app, but all X apps I've used so far allow you to configure fonts. If it was written with one of the standard toolkits that options comes automatically. Much easier to do it this way than to fiddle around with the PDF reader.
– dirkt
May 3 at 8:18
@dirkt I (incorrectly) refer to it as an "in house" app because it's a custom application (vice open source) that I do not really have any insight into (I'm just trying to get the OS built to support it). I have been in contact with the developers, but in the event they don't have an answer I'm wondering if there's a system level change I can make to isolateurw-fontsfrom that application.
– secJ
May 3 at 11:54
Can't you configure the in-house app to use whatever fonts it is using on the minimal install instead of
urw-fonts? You didn't tell us anything about the in-house app, but all X apps I've used so far allow you to configure fonts. If it was written with one of the standard toolkits that options comes automatically. Much easier to do it this way than to fiddle around with the PDF reader.– dirkt
May 3 at 8:18
Can't you configure the in-house app to use whatever fonts it is using on the minimal install instead of
urw-fonts? You didn't tell us anything about the in-house app, but all X apps I've used so far allow you to configure fonts. If it was written with one of the standard toolkits that options comes automatically. Much easier to do it this way than to fiddle around with the PDF reader.– dirkt
May 3 at 8:18
@dirkt I (incorrectly) refer to it as an "in house" app because it's a custom application (vice open source) that I do not really have any insight into (I'm just trying to get the OS built to support it). I have been in contact with the developers, but in the event they don't have an answer I'm wondering if there's a system level change I can make to isolate
urw-fonts from that application.– secJ
May 3 at 11:54
@dirkt I (incorrectly) refer to it as an "in house" app because it's a custom application (vice open source) that I do not really have any insight into (I'm just trying to get the OS built to support it). I have been in contact with the developers, but in the event they don't have an answer I'm wondering if there's a system level change I can make to isolate
urw-fonts from that application.– secJ
May 3 at 11:54
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Can't you configure the in-house app to use whatever fonts it is using on the minimal install instead of
urw-fonts? You didn't tell us anything about the in-house app, but all X apps I've used so far allow you to configure fonts. If it was written with one of the standard toolkits that options comes automatically. Much easier to do it this way than to fiddle around with the PDF reader.– dirkt
May 3 at 8:18
@dirkt I (incorrectly) refer to it as an "in house" app because it's a custom application (vice open source) that I do not really have any insight into (I'm just trying to get the OS built to support it). I have been in contact with the developers, but in the event they don't have an answer I'm wondering if there's a system level change I can make to isolate
urw-fontsfrom that application.– secJ
May 3 at 11:54