Definitive HOWTO use truetype fonts on a Network

[Daniel Miller <dmiller@amfes.com>]

I've been GOOGLING for a while - but so far I haven't found a definitive
answer.  I'm hoping someone can set the record straight here - and maybe
we can get a mini-FAQ posted later on.

Given a (in my opinion) typical networked Debian environment:
  One or more workstations, each running it's own X-server.
  Workstation software includes Ghostscript and OpenOffice.Org.
  A desired central repository of fonts.

What's the best way to do this?  It seems to me using a central XFS type
font server provides the most efficient X-server displays - but then
these fonts appear unavailable to OpenOffice.  So either I'm not using
it correctly (which is the typical situation) or in fact there are
applications (such as OpenOffice) that require direct file access to the
fonts and will not work wih a font server.

If that is the case - then it seems my only option for a central
repository is one or more shared directories.  And therefore, there is
no reason to run any of the font servers, since the XFree86 4.2+ which
I'm running has truetype support - or is there?

Please educate this poor Linux noobie.

Daniel