Re: [Evolution] evolution 0.8 and true type fonts

[Larry Ewing <lewing helixcode com>]

On 18 Dec 2000 15:26:16 +1100, Chris Heywood wrote:
> g'day.
>
> after getting the 0.8 .deb's I was having trouble with evolution in that
> it wasn't displaying any text in the folder list, shortcut bar, message
> list, or compose window and was displaying tiny text in the message view
> (gtkhtml applet didn't fix this).  after stuffing around with a number
> of things I found out that removing my true type font server from the
> font path fixed this.  I wasn't using a true type font for GTK or
> anything for that matter.

Yeah, this seems to be happening to several people in different places.
My current guess is that e-font is finding invalid font matches in some
cases because the common thread between all the areas that have problems
is that they use e-font for display.  Hopefully we can get this dealt
with soon.

> hope this helps if anyone has the same problem.
>
> things are looking great too =)  password storing, unread display in
> folder list, and the removal of the no new messages dialog have improved
> usability nicely...  look forward to seeing a return of spell checking.
>
> keep up the great work!

thanks,

--Larry