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Re: GNOME, TrueType fonts and xfs-xtt



On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:46, Sam Couter wrote:
> But these fonts do not appear in the list of fonts available for selection
> in gnome-font-properties (or gnome-terminal's font selection dialog
> either).
> 
> Abiword can't find these fonts either.

That's because modern applications don't use X to locate and use the
fonts anymore.  Most use fontconfig.

> If I install the fonts on the local machine, then GNOME and Abiword can
> find them.
> 
> I don't want them installed on the local machine. I want them served by
> a central font server. That's what font servers are for.

Use NFS etc. to share them out, then tell fontconfig where they are by
editing /etc/fonts/fonts.conf.

Hope this helps,

Roger



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