Re: Microsoft TrueType fonts not working now?
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 01:34:10PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I just tried to install Microsoft TrueType fonts on my laptop via the
> msttcorefonts package. All seemed to go off correctly and the fonts
> appeared where expected in /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/
> I also modified /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as instructed to reflect the above
> path. I also tried "xset fp rehash".
>
> However, the fonts do not show up with xfontsel and when starting X I
> get an error message about not being able to init the above path.
>
Try running ttmkfdir -d in the directory to create the fonts.scale
file, also copy it to fonts.dir.
Besides that make sure that X lodes either the freetype or xtt module.
> Does this mean that Microsoft has inactivated these fonts so that they
> no longer work?
>
> AC
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