Fonts in X and other X problems

[Alexander Gutfraind <gutfrnd@tht.net>]

Hello fellow users!

A am a newbie. Not completely, but I have the following
newbie problem:
In netscape 4.06 and any other netscape I had on my Debian
system, I have a  _very_ limited
selection of very poor fonts. How do I install/configure new
fonts?
I heard one can even import windows fonts. how?

another question:
Console programs I run in X, have two major problems: They
often appear monochrome (like Midnight Commander)
instead of colour and have weird characters appear when I
use shortcut keys like ALT-H.
Help.!

Thanks In Advance!
sasha.