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Re: True Type font support - and a vmware note...



On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Eran Tromer wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Jul 1999 (which was quite a while ago), Asher Frenkel wrote:
> 
> > the font server shipped with redhat 6.0 support truetype fonts,
> > to add them do the following steps:
> > 1. mkdir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/truetype and put your truetype fonts in there
> > 2. cd /usr/lib/X11/fonts/truetype
> > 3. ttmkfdir >fonts.scale

fonts.scale ? Shouldn't it be fonts.dir?

> > 4. mkfontdir
> > 5. chkfontpath --add /usr/lib/X11/fonts/truetype

I have had some problems with chkfontpath (at least the one that comes
with mandrake 6.0). IIRC I ended up editing /etc/X11/fs/config and
restarting xfs .

> >
> > I think you should restart X for this to take effect, but anyway try with
> > xlsfonts to see if the truetype fonts are available for you.
> 
> I followed these instructions and restarted everything, but xlsfonts
> does not show any of the TrueType fonts. Any idea what I could be
> missing?
> 
> Running RedHat 6.1.
> 
> Regards,
>   Eran Tromer
> 
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