[mythtv-users] WEIRD mythtv setup problem
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Aug 4 16:47:47 UTC 2008
On 08/04/2008 12:30 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 08/04/2008 12:09 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>
>
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>
>>> mythfrontend -O Theme=blue
>>> mythtv-setup -O Theme=blue
>>>
>>> or just install the MS core web fonts, and even G.A.N.T will work.
>>>
>> Do we seriously have a default theme for MythTV that requires the MS
>> core web fonts to be installed?
>>
>
> G.A.N.T uses Arial (artist's choice, and all, so we shouldn't change
> it). If anything, we should change the default theme that's used.
>
Turns out, though, that blue also uses Arial. And, since blue and
G.A.N.T are the only 2 (UI) themes provided with mythtv***, it seems
that MythTV requires MS core web fonts or a proper font-substitution
configuration (using, for example, fontconfig--which, BTW, has always
worked for me).
Mike
***myththemes has additional themes
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