On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:13:07 +0100 Daniel Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First off - I can't believe I'm the only person having this trouble, > but I couldn't find any useable information about this on the Net. > > Well, I'm trying to install a collection of TTF fonts on my Debian > system. The strange thing is that I've managed it once but can't > reproduce the way I did it. I added an appropriately named > subdirectory under /usr/share/fonts/truetype in which I placed the > fonts. Then, after failing to get my head around a single > font-related manpage I ran a few of the scripts and programs I found > mentioned and all of a sudden I could use the fonts. > > Then I tried it a again, about one hour later. After an hour's worth > of failing completely, I gave up. > > Of all the font-related manpages, I found defoma-user's the most > enlightening. It consists of a single line that says: > > "I have no idea what defoma-user does just yet. I'm working on it.." > > Can anybody point me to some intelligeble information on this subject? > The way I think this /should/ work is: > > 1. Place new fonts into some specific directory or a subdirectory > thereof > 2. Run some script that scans the fonts directory tree to build > some database/cache (actually, fc-cache seems to do just that. > But I can't see any useful result.) > 3. Possibly restart X > 4. Use the fonts > > > > The fact that there seems to be no mechanism that works just like that > indicates that font management under X is infintely more complicated > than I can begin to fathom. Why is that? > > Thanks, > --Daniel > > I came across a concise explanation of fonts in X back when I used to use Redhat Linux. See this old link (search for "font"): http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/release-notes/x86/ Basically, placing your fonts under /usr/share/fonts/, /usr/local/share/fonts, or ~/.fonts will immediately make those fonts available to programs which use fontconfig. This means all of GNOME, KDE, Firefox, amomg others. You can confirm this with the command "fc-list". That is sufficient for most users. Making your available to the X server itself requires a bit more work, but it can be automated using the "defoma" package. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
