Re: Proper "modern" way to install TrueType fonts in Lenny/Sid?
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:07:02 -0600
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to use an early-semitic font (midway down page
> http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/30_intro.html) on my Sid system.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I was playing with a Slashdot(?)-highlighted site
> that allows you to make a font of your own handwriting, and after
> scanning my handwriting in and submitting it to the site, I got a .ttf
> file, and I was able to find some instructions on the web about dropping
> the .ttf file into "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kents-handwriting/" and
> then to run "fc-cache -fv" or something similar. (I can't recall all the
> details now, and I can't find the site that walked me through the process.)
>
> What I recall of the process is not working with this early-semitic font
> (at least, the font doesn't show up in OO.o writer or in the chart on
> the above-referenced page).
>
> I've tried googling for the answer, but it seems that one page talks
> about defoma (which may have a questionable future if I'm reading
> between the lines properly of the bug report at
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285653), and another
> page talks about restarting xfs (which I don't seem to have installed),
> and another page talks about reordering the font lines in
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf, none of which I had to do with my hand-writing font.
>
> Can anyone outline or point me to a step-by-step for the proper way to
> install a random truetype font in Lenny or Sid?
>
> Thanks!
>
As far as I know you simply place the fonts in ~/.fonts folder. Create
one if it doesn't already exist. Launch the application you want and
use it there.
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