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Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused



On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:30:26AM -0700, Paul Yeatman said
> Two questions though from someone with no fonts understanding.  It
> seems assumed that:
> 
> 	FontPath      "unix/:7100"                    # local font server

XFree86 4 can read TrueType fonts all by itself, so there's no need to
use a font server unless you're sharing fonts around your network.

> Also, one of the debconf messages told me to put:
> 
> 	FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
> 
> along with the TrueType path you mentioned in your guide.  Again
> it seems assumed this is either undesired or needless?

That directory contains no fonts at all for me.  It would do no harm to
have it listed as a FontPath, but it would do no good, either.

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