did you get the font working?
this worked for me
as to why its being cut off... always try killall conky and restart as the first stepCode:${font AvantGarde LT ExtraLight, Ultra-Light:pixelsize=60}
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Haven't changed this in.... well..... almost a year, and I have no clue what some of the code means anymore :P
I would like to make it simpler. There must be some $user and $ubuntu_release commands somewhere....
Code:background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=7
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 0.5
total_run_times 0
own_window no
#own_window_type normal
#own_window_transparent yes
#own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size 150 5
maximum_width 150
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders yes
draw_graph_borders yes
default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green
alignment middle_left
gap_x 15
gap_y 13
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer right
text_buffer_size 256
color1 FF0101 #Headers
color2 A1A1A1 #Bar graph
color3 9A9A9A #Main text
#color4
#color5
TEXT
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}SYSTEM ${color2}${hr 2}${font}${color3}
Xubuntu $alignr 12.10
$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine
User $alignr simon@$nodename
Uptime $alignr $uptime
Temp $alignr ${execi 1 cat /sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXTHERM:00/thermal_zone/temp | cut -c1-2}°C
File System $alignr $fs_type
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}PROCESSOR ${color2}${hr 2}${font}
${color3}Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 @${alignr}${freq_g}Ghz
${color3}Core 1 ${cpu cpu1}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu1}
${color3}Core 2 ${cpu cpu2}% ${color2}${cpubar cpu2}
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}DISK / RAM ${color2}${hr 2}${font}
${color3}/ $alignc ${fs_used /} ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /}%
${color2}${fs_bar /}
${color3}/home $alignc ${fs_used /home} ${fs_size /home} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /home}%
${color2}${fs_bar /home}
#${if_existing /data/operstate}
#${color3}/data $alignc ${fs_used /data} ${fs_size /data} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /data}%
#${color2}${fs_bar /data}
#${endif}
${color3}Swap $alignc $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc%
${color2}$swapbar
${color3}RAM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
${color2}$membar
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}BATTERY ${color2}${hr 2}${font}${color3}
State: $alignr${battery BAT1}
Battery Time: ${alignr}${battery_time BAT1}
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}TOP PROCESSES ${color2}${hr 2}${font}${color3}
${top name 1}${alignr}${top cpu 1} %
${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2} %
${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3} %
#${top name 4}${alignr}${top cpu 4} %
#${top name 5}${alignr}${top cpu 5} %
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}TOP MEMORY ${color2}${hr 2}${font}${color3}
${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem mem 1} %
${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem mem 2} %
${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem mem 3} %
#${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top_mem mem 4} %
#${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top_mem mem 5} %
${font URW Gothic L Book:size=7}${color1}NETWORK ${color2}${hr 2}${font}${color3}
${if_existing /sys/class/net/wlan0/operstate up}Wi-Fi: ${alignr}${wireless_essid wlan0}
IP address: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}
Inbound: ${alignr}${downspeed wlan0}
Outbound: ${alignr}${upspeed wlan0}
Inbound total: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
Outbound total: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}${endif}${if_existing /sys/class/net/eth0/operstate = up}
${font}${color3}LAN:${alignr}Start Networking
IP address: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
Inbound: ${alignr}${downspeed eth0}
Outbound: ${alignr}${upspeed eth0}
Inbound total: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
Outbound total: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}${endif}
The problem is, that this particular font is commercial - €35; so can't test it with font viewer (gnome-font-viewer by the way), but "ITC Avant Garde Gothic LT Extra Light" seems to be same and is called by "AvantGarde LT ExtraLight".
Checked it and it works (I can tell by capital R curves).
And whenever I look for it in gnome-font-viewer or in GIMP it is listed as (surprise) "AvantGrade LT ExtraLight" and no more (GIMP have it with addition of ",Ultra-Light").
So, you didn't checked GIMP for it too throughly.
So for Pro version I suggest font face name as "AvantGarde Pro ExtraLight", but you should check it out with font viewer or GIMP.
Theres always reason.
It works for me though.
I see this is solved but I'd like to pass on a tip. Some fonts don't have the same name you downloaded them by.
Bad font, bad, bad, bad!
With 'Gnome Specimen' font viewer when a font is highlighted just start typing the name: itc
http://t.imgbox.com/adbKO6GZ.jpg
OK that didn't work, wipe it clean and start with the next part: 'avant' and as soon as you type 'av' there it is:
http://t.imgbox.com/acdLJjJj.jpg
easy peasy... and notice how it's getting 'itc' and 'av' from anywhere in the names.
EDIT: Works for me as well:
http://t.imgbox.com/aciMCdUH.jpg
just tried out gnome specimen
certainly launches faster than gimp... but you can't copy the font name from it
have to copy it m a n u a l l y :D