Re: Installing TrueType fonts

[Hall Stevenson]

At 03:52 PM 11/6/2002 +0000, Chris Lale wrote:

In a magazine I've found a CD with many ttf files for the use
with Photoshop under windows.
What's the straightforward way to install those ttf files under debian
woody for the use with gnome 1.4, OpenOffice, and - above all - the
Gimp?

See http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/mini/TT-Debian-3.html

Briefly:
1. Install xfs and xfstt using apt-get.

<snip>

Is all that necessary ?? Especially the xfs and xfstt packages ?? XFree86 v4 handles TT fonts on it's own just fine. In fact, I'm 99% positive I have neither xfs nor xfstt packages installed and can use TT fonts.

I simply created a dir and copied them to it and ran the 'make font dir' command (is it 'mkfontdir' ??). Now, edit your XF86Config-4 file and 1) add the font path to the dir you just created and 2) (optional) comment out the line for "unix:/7100" or whatever it is. This is only used by xfs (or xfstt).


Hall


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