Re: how to find out which fontname (as in xlsfonts) does "Sans 7" correspond?

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Miernik <miernik ctnet pl> writes:

> > This format (XLFD) is only used in the PangoX backend which will soon
> > die.  No GTK+-2.0 application should be using it directly and X fonts
> > as you know them will soon be completely obsoleted and deprecated.
> 
> OK, so how do I find out the file name in which does "Sans 7"
> reside?  And what is the new method of listing all avialable font
> names in X? (like xlsfonts is, but you say it's deprecated).

You should be using fontconfig nowadays which comes with a little
utility called fc-list.


Sven