Re: True Type font again

["Paul Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>]

%% Olivier Esser <ol.esser@belgacom.net>(by way of Olivier Esser <oesser@ulb.ac.be>) writes:

  oe> I've still questions abpout installing true type fonts. I know
  oe> I've to put the fonts in the correct directory and tell the X
  oe> server to load them. The problems is that Xf86 also need a
  oe> "fonts.dir" and a "fonts.scale" file. Is is possible to create
  oe> them automatically. I want in fact install the font I have on my
  oe> MS-Windows partition and these files are not present in Windows

Look here for some help:

  http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/

Some of this information is outdated now, since the msttcorefonts
package installs slightly differently (it uses defoma etc.) but the info
you're looking for above is discussed there.

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