If you read man mkfontdir carefully, you will see that all it offers to
do for scaled fonts is to copy fonts.scale to fonts.dir. If your fonts
didn't include a fonts.scale or fonts.dir, you are SOL as far as
mkfontdir is concerned. However, there is a little package I found in
the LSM called type1inst - hang on, I'll see if I can find it..
metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/xutils/type1inst-0.9.tar.gz is where I
got it, about a year ago. The version might have changed. The README
says there is also an i386.rpm. but doesn't say where. If that
interests you, check contrib as well as RPMS. The tar.gz should work
fine on a RH system, too, the rpm is just a convenience.
In most cases, it is more blessed to be lucky than good. Having the
right tool for the job at hand helps too.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been asking this question elsewhere, but so far no answer,
although
> I see that I'm not the only one with this problem (so far, seen no
> useful
> answers).
>
> I've moved some Type1 font files into a directory I made under
> .../fonts/
> and then ran the following on that directory as root:
> mkfontdir <path to the directory>
> However, I'm just kicked immediately back to the prompt and no font.dir
> file is created.
>
> I've tried running the command from within the directory. I've checked
> permissions on the directory and the command. I've run the command from
> its source etc., but without luck.'
>
> Haines Brown
>
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