Font Problem

From: Barry Skidmore (skidmore@mail.worldvenue.org)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 22:54:43 EDT

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    When trying to open an MS Word document, I receive the following error
    message:

    AbiWord could not load the following font or fontset from the X Window
    System display server:
                         [-*-Arial-bold-r-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*]

    I have followed the suggested instructions, and added the these lines to
    both the XF86Config and XF86Config-4 files and rebooted:

    (it was suggested to just add the line, Load "type1", to the "Module"
    section, but since there was not a section called "Module", I created one
    [wrong???])

    Section "Module"

        load "type1"

    EndSection

    Adding the above did not correct the problem.

    I also entered the following command as root:

    /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -a /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts

    and received this response:

    /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts already in list

    What am I doing wrong, or does the font "Arial" just not exist? I don't
    think the latter is the case, since it is in the font list in the
    application.

    Barry

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