Hoyt wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 11:12 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Sound configuration -- add to Install! > > > > > > > If you can get it to work "out of the box" - I never have. > > > > Here's what I do: > > > > * Create a directory for the fonts: > > > > mkdir /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF > > > > * Copy the fonts into place: > > > > cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF/. > > > > * Create the fonts.dir file: > > > > cd /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF > > ttmkfdir -o fonts.dir > > ln -s fonts.dir fonts.scale > > > > * Tell the X Font Server about the new fonts: > > > > chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF > > > > * Restart the X Font Server: > > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart > > > > * Use a font browser to see if they're installed: > > > > xfontsel > > > > I've written these instructions while doing each of the steps, so I can > > verify that it works. At least on 6.1... :) > > > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Thanks, Steve, it now works fine. > > I also linked to the font directory in MS Windows and installed those fonts > as well. > > (rhetoric question) So why doesn't it work by default? Good question, I don't know. I would imagine that adding the ttfonts package to your system should _at least_ make it look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts, though I haven't tried a before-and-after on it. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
