Understanding font use in OpenMotif

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I have a C application the relies on Motif 2.2 (OpenMotif I believe) for its user interface. Problems are that:



  • the fonts are ugly

  • sometimes (depending on CentOS version) they don't display bold/italic in the default user interface

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is severely limited with respect to the fonts installed in the OS

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is different whether the program is running from a remote X session (ssh -X) or locally in a KDE window manager.

I've been reading pages such as https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html but I can't make heads or tails of this behavior.



In other words, how can I:



  • have the full list of fonts available in my program (both via remote X session and local window manager execution)

  • have consistent bold/italic behavior

  • have better looking font (aliasing maybe), but that's a minor point.



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  • The fonts available are different from a remote ssh because the X server you are connecting to is the workstation you are ssh-ing from.
    – rbanffy
    Jul 11 at 15:24










  • OK, but why so few fonts available in the popup in either direct or ssh mode, in respect to the total number of fonts available on the system ?
    – dargaud
    Jul 12 at 20:23














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I have a C application the relies on Motif 2.2 (OpenMotif I believe) for its user interface. Problems are that:



  • the fonts are ugly

  • sometimes (depending on CentOS version) they don't display bold/italic in the default user interface

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is severely limited with respect to the fonts installed in the OS

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is different whether the program is running from a remote X session (ssh -X) or locally in a KDE window manager.

I've been reading pages such as https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html but I can't make heads or tails of this behavior.



In other words, how can I:



  • have the full list of fonts available in my program (both via remote X session and local window manager execution)

  • have consistent bold/italic behavior

  • have better looking font (aliasing maybe), but that's a minor point.



centos fonts




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  • The fonts available are different from a remote ssh because the X server you are connecting to is the workstation you are ssh-ing from.
    – rbanffy
    Jul 11 at 15:24










  • OK, but why so few fonts available in the popup in either direct or ssh mode, in respect to the total number of fonts available on the system ?
    – dargaud
    Jul 12 at 20:23












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I have a C application the relies on Motif 2.2 (OpenMotif I believe) for its user interface. Problems are that:



  • the fonts are ugly

  • sometimes (depending on CentOS version) they don't display bold/italic in the default user interface

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is severely limited with respect to the fonts installed in the OS

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is different whether the program is running from a remote X session (ssh -X) or locally in a KDE window manager.

I've been reading pages such as https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html but I can't make heads or tails of this behavior.



In other words, how can I:



  • have the full list of fonts available in my program (both via remote X session and local window manager execution)

  • have consistent bold/italic behavior

  • have better looking font (aliasing maybe), but that's a minor point.



centos fonts




share|improve this question











I have a C application the relies on Motif 2.2 (OpenMotif I believe) for its user interface. Problems are that:



  • the fonts are ugly

  • sometimes (depending on CentOS version) they don't display bold/italic in the default user interface

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is severely limited with respect to the fonts installed in the OS

  • also the list of available fonts in a font selection popup is different whether the program is running from a remote X session (ssh -X) or locally in a KDE window manager.

I've been reading pages such as https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html but I can't make heads or tails of this behavior.



In other words, how can I:



  • have the full list of fonts available in my program (both via remote X session and local window manager execution)

  • have consistent bold/italic behavior

  • have better looking font (aliasing maybe), but that's a minor point.




centos fonts





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  • The fonts available are different from a remote ssh because the X server you are connecting to is the workstation you are ssh-ing from.
    – rbanffy
    Jul 11 at 15:24










  • OK, but why so few fonts available in the popup in either direct or ssh mode, in respect to the total number of fonts available on the system ?
    – dargaud
    Jul 12 at 20:23
















  • The fonts available are different from a remote ssh because the X server you are connecting to is the workstation you are ssh-ing from.
    – rbanffy
    Jul 11 at 15:24










  • OK, but why so few fonts available in the popup in either direct or ssh mode, in respect to the total number of fonts available on the system ?
    – dargaud
    Jul 12 at 20:23















The fonts available are different from a remote ssh because the X server you are connecting to is the workstation you are ssh-ing from.
– rbanffy
Jul 11 at 15:24




The fonts available are different from a remote ssh because the X server you are connecting to is the workstation you are ssh-ing from.
– rbanffy
Jul 11 at 15:24












OK, but why so few fonts available in the popup in either direct or ssh mode, in respect to the total number of fonts available on the system ?
– dargaud
Jul 12 at 20:23




OK, but why so few fonts available in the popup in either direct or ssh mode, in respect to the total number of fonts available on the system ?
– dargaud
Jul 12 at 20:23















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