On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 22:33:19 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to install some truetype fonts. > > I have XFree86 Version 4.0.1 I have an old version of KDE. Version 2 > or something. This version of KDE came with Caldera 2.4. I cannot tell > for > sure because the about KDE menu doesn't give the version. > > I have some true type fonts already installed, I think, made available > through fontfs. But, these fonts don't seem to include anything > useful, like ariel. > > I have a bunch of fonts from a windows installation I want to use. > Is there a way to just convert these to a form that I can reference > with fontfs? > I don't know enough about the older systems and fontfs, but basically all you need to do is: 1. copy all the fonts to a directory 2. run ttmkfdir in that directory 3. update your XF86Config 4. do whatever black magic with fontfs??? 5. On newer software, you need to run fc-cache 6. Restart your Xserver 7. Update any other apps that need special handling. If you don't have a Windows distro handy, you can follow the instructions at the following site to get the core tt fonts from M$ (supposedly this is legal). The instructions are extremely RH centric, but a little tinkering will make this work for any distro. http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ Much luck. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
