Font Management

Owned by NetSarang Support
Apr 30, 2019

Xmanager provides fonts necessary in most systems and applications. However, users may need to directly add new fonts.
To Download and Install Additional Fonts Pack:

  1. Go to the Xmanager download page: https://www.netsarang.com/en/font-download/
  2. Download additional font packs to install.
  3. Run the font packs in the user's system.
  4. Install fonts pack according to the instructions provided by the install wizard.
  • Note
    When additional font packs are installed, a fonts folder is automatically added to all server profiles, so a new fonts folder does not need to be registered separately in each server profile when using Xconfig. 

To Change BDF Font to PCF Font:

  1. Run bdftopcf.exe program as in the following example:
    C:\tmp> %XMANAGER_INSTALL_DIR%\bdftopcf new.bdf –o new.pcf

To Create or Renew FONTS.DIR File Using the Mkfntdir.exe Program:

  1. Move to fonts folder and run the mkfntdir.exe program:
    %XMANAGER_INSTALL_DIR%\Fonts\NewFonts> ..\..\mkfntdir

To Create and Use Fonts Folder:

  1. Create a new folder under the following folder:
    %XMANAGER_INSTALL_DIR%\Fonts
  2. Copy new font files to the created folder.
  3. Run the mkfntdir.exe program in the created folder:
    %XMANAGER_INSTALL_DIR%\Fonts\NewFonts> ..\..\mkfntdir
  4. Run Xconfig.
  5. Double-click a profile to which the new fonts folder is to be added. The Profile Properties dialog box is displayed.
  6. Click the [Font] tab.
  7. Click [Add Font Folder]. The Browse For Folder dialog box is displayed.
  8. Select a new font folder.
  9. Click [OK].
  10. Restart Xmanager.

To Use Font Server:

  1. Run Xconfig.
  2. Double-click a profile. The Profile Properties dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click the [Font] tab.
  4. Click [Add Font Server]. The Add Font Server dialog box is displayed.
  5. Enter the font server name or IP address in [Host].
  6. Enter the font server port number in [Port].
  7. Click [OK].
  • Note
    Check if a font server is executed on the remote server. In general, the font server program name is xfs and the default port number is 7100. 

To Change Default Font:

  1. Run Xconfig.
  2. Double-click a profile. The Profile Properties dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click the [Font] tab.
  4. Enter the name of the font to use as the default font in [Default Font].
  5. Click [OK].
  • Note
    The default font is used when an X application does not designate a font for text display.

To Replace a Font with another Font when the Font Cannot be Found:

  1. Run Xconfig.
  2. Double-click a profile. The Profile Properties dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click the [Font] tab.
  4. Select [Automatic Font Substitution].
  5. Click [OK].

To Display the Font Error Dialog Box:

  1. Run Xconfig.
  2. Double-click a profile. The Profile Properties dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click the [Font] tab.
  4. Select [Show Missing Font Dialog].
    • Note
      The missing font message is used to find a font when the font used by a remote X application is not available in Xmanager. The missing font information is always recorded in the Xmanager log. Even if a font is unavailable in Xmanager, the missing font message may not be displayed by some X applications. In this case, find the necessary fonts by referring to the log or error messages of the concerned X application.
  5. Click [OK].