On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 06:08:32AM -0800, Michael Epting wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:47:36AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
>
> > not sure where it's documented, probably in X docs. you basically need
> > to do what you wrote - put the *.ttf files into some directory and add
> > that directory to FontPath (in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, search for
> > FontPath, add a line for truetype fonts), also run mkttfdir or ttmkfdir
> > (one is in debian, the other one might be better, as some poster
> > suggested recently) and that's it.
>
> This thread has gone on quite a while and there has been some misinformation,
> but the above seems dead on. I'd would add that the font file names must
> be lower case for mkttfdir (the one in Debian's fttools) to work properly.
>
> Also, if you do just this, Netscape 4.76 will be able to use your new
> Truetype fonts -- it is not necessary to run a font server as has been
> suggested in this thread. (This is all with Debian Unstable).
One last note that hasn't been mentioned: you can choose the TT backend to use
with XF4: freetype or xtt. This is done in the Module section, e.g.:
Section "Module"
...
# Load "freetype"
Load "xtt"
...
EndSection
Of course, all this actually *is* in the documentation... ;)
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