Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and TrueType fonts
http://www.mindspring.com/~john_mcl/adding_fonts.html
This is not XF4-specific but does give a good guide to getting ttfs
running in X in general, plus all the required tools can be downloaded in
a single tarball.
It would make sense if ttmkfdir was included with freetype, but it appears
not to be.....
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Paul Sims (wulfie@wulfric7.co.uk)
SpireLUG - the Chesterfield Linux User Group
www.spirelug.org.uk
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On 4 Nov 2000, John S. J. Anderson wrote:
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> wulfie <wulfie@wulfric7.co.uk> writes:
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> > ttmkfdir in the ttf dir :) Add the path to your fonts section in
> > XF86Config, freetype to the modules section (you already did both, it
> > seems) & you're there.
>
> What's the exact path to ttmkfdir on your box? I don't seem to have
> it, nor do I have a ttf dir -- at least, 'locate /ttf/' doesn't
> produce anything. I've got freetype in the modules section, and I've
> got the path to the TrueType font directory as a FontPath, but I don't
> get any TrueType fonts available in various font selection dialogs,
> and nothing at all in the ttf foundry (which is where all the fonts
> ended up when using xfstt).
>
> Any other advice on where to start digging for this info? Most of the
> web (including my own site, sadly enough) doesn't look all that great
> in GUI browsers without the 'standard' fonts...
>
> john.
>
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