Re: X Font Deuglification
On 02/19/00 12:29AM, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> You don't need it if you're serving TT fonts with xfstt (I don't know
> about xfs-tt). Just put your TT fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype and
> restart xfs. Note: Not a good idea to restart while XDM or X (you'll
> want to stop and restart them as well -- or you may have problems).
Well, I found xfs-xtt (as opposed to xfs) after I found ttmkfdir on
freshmeat.net. I don't know if it was required or not, but if it
was, I can't see it being overlooked.
>
> "mkfontdir" is in xbase-clients.
>
That I knew :)
> Also (depending on the FONT Howto you're refering to), don't follow the
> directions about creating the Fontmap file for ghostscript. It'll screw
> up your /etc/gs.Fontmap file and then you won't be able to use
> ghostscript/ghostview (gv). Instead, use the '-nogs' option to type1inst
> so that the "Fontmap" isn't modified, but the fonts.dir fonts.scale are
> created.
>
Okay. I've know idea what you're talking about here ;)
Anyway, I've got it up and running now, thanks.
BTW, what's the diff between xfs-xtt and xfstt?
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