Re: msttcorefonts installed but not visible
On 17 Apr 2006, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:46:47 +0100
> Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 17 Apr 2006, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > >
> > > I can't speak for xorg (especially after the upgrade in sid), but
> > > for firefox and friends it doesn't matter. You need to concentrate
> > > on the client-side libraries fontconfig and freetype instead.
> > >
> > > Some things to look into:
> > >
> > > Does the file /etc/fonts/fonts.conf contain the entry
> > > "<dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir>"?
> > >
> >
> > No it doesn't. How can I make it do so? (you are not supposed to edit
> > it directly, I think).
>
> That's right. You put customisations in /etc/fonts/local.conf.
>
> >
> >
> > > Is the directory /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ populated?
> > >
> >
> > Yes
> >
> > > What is the output of "fc-match 'Times New Roman'"?
> > >
> >
> >
> > arcadia:~:$ fc-match 'Times New Roman'
> > TimesNewRoman-Regular.ttf: "Times New Roman" "Regular"
>
> On the basis of this, the font should be available to firefox.
>
It is, but it doesn't show up with xfontsel, which it used to do I'm
sure.
While I was installing the fonts originally there was a message about
not using defoma; I don't know exactly what it meant but it may expain
why the fonts were not where I expected them to be.
Anthony
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