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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