>From a post I have filed, I hope it helps, but don't thank me, thank
Anthony Green who I believe posted it originally.
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You're heading in the right direction. If you're running RH60, the solution
is relatively simple. RH60 ships with a TrueType-capable font server
included in the X server. Enabling TrueType fonts is part of the solution.
The other part involves Netscapes font scaling. I'll cover the TyrueType
issue first.
1. Create a directory to hold the TrueType fonts:
mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/winttf
2. Copy the TTF files from a Windows box to the winttf directory. There are
also some font files on Microsoft's Web site.
3. Create a fonts.dir file in the new directory:
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/winttf
ttmkfdir > fonts.dir
4. Add the new font directory to the catalogue section of
/etc/X11/fs/config.
5. If you will be running X from the command line in runlevel 3, then you
should also add the new font directory to the FontPath section of
/etc/X11/XF86Config.
6. *COPY* the 100dpi,75dpi, and misc font paths to the bottom of
catalogue/fontpath.
7. Edit the original 100/75/misc paths, appending ":unscaled" to the end:
catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/winttf,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
This last step will help with the way Netscape renders the basic fonts.
Now restart the font server:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfd restart
If you use an X based login, you need to logout and log back in for the
changes to take effect. If you use a console login, just exit X and restart
it. Your apps should all look better.
--
Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Homepage & PGP Key <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/>
If it's too good to be true, it's probably Linux.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Browning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: True Type Fonts in X
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Could someone please explain how to get True Type fonts working in X. I've
> tried putting them in the directories specified in /etc/X11/fs/config but
> haven't had any luck.
>
> TIA,
>
> Jeff
>
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