Re: Truetype Fonts Sarge 3.1
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:47:15 -0500
"Dave Walker" <carol.dave.walker@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have downloaded (apt ....etc) and "installed" truetype fonts which
> Sarge placed in file:
>
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ (60 entries) and
> in
>
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/ (11 entries)
>
> but I can't seem to make applications aware of them.
>
> I have a Gnome desktop and run Abiword (2.2.7) and Gnumeric (1.4.3),
> but none of these applications lists any true type fonts explicitly
> among the font selections. Does that mean the truetype fonts need
> further installation? How do I make that happen?
>
> I installed dfontmgr hoping that it would be helpful, but I can't make
> any sense of that application. It doesn't seem to have a manual. It
> does, however, show the location of the truetype fonts though, so it
> is somewhat useful.
>
> Anybody been there and done that????
>
> Dave W.
>
>
Run the following commands:
fc-cache -fv
fc-list
The output of the first command should include the
directory /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/, and the second
should include the new fonts. At that point the fonts will be available
to GTK2 applications such as Abiword.
--
Liam
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