[solved] Re: How to install a font?

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:

> When I was a Mandrake Linux user, a couple of years ago, I used to put the
> file `simsun.ttf' in the directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF', then add
> the following lines to the files `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.dir' and
> `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.scale':
>    
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-ascii-0
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-gb2312.1980-0
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-gbk-0
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-ibm-cp850
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-iso10646-1
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-iso8859-1
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-iso8859-15
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-koi8-r
>    simsun.ttf -misc-SimSun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-big5.eten-0
>
> , and this way the font was ready to be used on my system.  Now, on my Debian
> Etch box the directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF' does not exist.  Please
> can anybody suggest how the above procedure is to be adapted with Debian Etch?



See:

 http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=109915#109915