Off on another path; Are there directions for installing type1 fonts?
George
On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Neil Hollow wrote:
> Got it working, by following Hal's webpage. The only bits that were unclear
> were the xset bit which I assumed you couldn't do in X and also I was unsure
> whether you required the unix:/-1 bit in XF86Config if I wasn't upgrading
> from RH5. I put it in anyway. My fonts are visible to everything except
> WP8. The font.alias file is labourius effort but I've set it up for arial
> and webpages look much better. Is there anywhere you can get additional
> type1 fonts? Ta everyone. NH
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> >From: "Neil Hollow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Truetype fonts in RH6.0
> >Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2000, 10:58 am
> >
>
> >I've had a look at your web page I'll try from the start again. I did get
> >some errors so I'll try with just a few d fonts and take it form there. Ta.
> >NH
> >----------
> >>From: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Subject: Re: Truetype fonts in RH6.0
> >>Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 4:41 pm
> >>
> >
> >>On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 03:45:05PM +0000, Neil Hollow wrote:
> >>> Thanks for your help. The Then restart xfs, and 'xset +fp
> >>> <new_path>' and 'xset fp rehash' just to be clear is that what I
> >>> type or do I enter the font path name <new_path> here and rehash is
> >>> what I type?
> >>
> >>Substitute whatever the real path name is for the font dir in place of
> >><new_path>. Then, 'xset fp rehash' (without quotes). You also need to
> >>add the new fontpath of xfs's fontpath:
> >>
> >> chkfontpath --add <whatever_new_fontpath_is>
> >>
> >>before restarting xfs.
> >>
> >>> Also I put the fonts in dir TrueType rather than
> >>> truetype -assume this doesn't matter. Ta. NH
> >>
> >>If you are asking whether the case matters or not, I do not believe so
> >>for the dir name, but for font file names, yes it does. Both need to
> >>be world readable too.
> >>
> >> http://216.78.197.97/xstuff/xfs.html
> >>
> >>
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