[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I've still questions abpout installing true type fonts. I know I've to > put the fonts in the correct directory and tell the X server to load > them. The problems is that Xf86 also need a "fonts.dir" and a > "fonts.scale" file. Is is possible to create them automatically. I > want in fact install the font I have on my MS-Windows partition and > these files are not present in Windows
Here's what I did: 1. putting the *.ttf files in a directory somewhere 2. installing defoma and x-ttcidfont-conf 3. making a defoma hints file for them by running "defoma-hints truetype <ttfdir>/*.ttf > /etc/defoma/hints/custom.hints" 4. registering the fonts with "defoma-font register-all /etc/defoma/hints/custom.hints" at this point, defoma will have made symlinks to your fonts in /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, along with fonts.(dir|scale|alias) files. 5. ensuring the X server is loading the "freetype" module 6. adding /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType to your X server's font path This has the benefit of registering the new fonts with applications other than X (that's what defoma is for), but I'm not sure that it works on woody. I did it in unstable. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
