Re: true type fonts in X 4.x ?

[<briand@zipcon.net>]

Thanks very much Eric, your changes made the difference.  xfontsel now
works and shows the truetype fonts correctly.  I would have never
figured out that the link was necessary.

Here's a recap to summarize the changes.  This is for XFree 4.x :

1.  In your XF86Config (or XF86Config-4) file :

    In section Modules, add

      Load "freetype"

    Add the directory where your truetype fonts are located :

      /usr/share/fonts/truetype

    to the fontpath.

2.  In directory /usr/share/fonts/truetype, run

       ttfmkfdir -o fonts.dir

    create the apropriate link

       ln -s fonts.dir fonts.scale

3. Don't forget to actually have truetype fonts in the
   /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory :-)

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric C Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu> writes:

  Eric> On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:46:03AM -0800, briand@zipcon.net wrote:
  >> Does anyone have the short version of how to set up true type fonts
  >> under X ?
  >> 
  >> Here's what I did, maybe someone can point out the error in my ways.
  >> 
  >> Add
  >> 
  >> Load "xtt"
  >> 
  >> to XF86Config

  Eric> Change this to
  Eric>     Load "freetype"

  >> I also added /usr/share/fonts/truetype to the font path.
  >> 
  >> run
  >> 
  >> ttfmkfdir -o fonts.dir
  >> 
  >> in my /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory.

  Eric> Make sure that fonts.scale is a copy of, or link to, fonts.dir in each
  Eric> truetype directory.

  >> Try xfontsel and :
  >> 
  >> the fonts are "selectable" but they won't appear, i.e. they don't seem
  >> to render at all.  In fact xfontsel starts acting a little strange
  >> with repaints now working, etc...

  Eric> If you run Gnome, I suggest gfontsel from the gnome-utils package,
  Eric> especially if you have lots of fonts installed.

  Eric> HTH.

  Eric> -- 
  Eric> Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u