Re: X/xfstt won't render truetype fonts

[mike polniak <mikpolniak@adelphia.net>]

-Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been using true type fonts with xfstt on my slink machine for years
> now without troubles.  Recently I installed potato on a new machine,
> copied the fonts from the old machine into /usr/share/fonts/truetype and
> did:
> 
> 	# /etc/init.d/xfstt stop
> 	# xfstt --sync
> 	# /etc/init.d/xfstt start
> 	# xset fp+ unix/:7101
> 
> This shows no error messages, but I still can't use true type fonts. 
> `xlsfonts` will list them and I can select them in `xfontsel`.  However,
> the rendering of the example text in `xfontsel` won't change when
> selecting a truetype font.  (It changes when I select any other font.)
> 
> Any ideas what I could be missing?
	
	Check the paths to search for fonts in the font server config file.
 Mine are located in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType.
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