[ILUG] Font-tastic

[David Neary]

nils wrote:
> hi,
> I am having trouble installing Truetype font under Redhat 7.2 :
> Freetype is installled 2.0.3-7
> Xfs is the font server
> I have followed the Font-HOWTO to the letter...
> my truetype font path is:
> /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType
> i have created fonts.scale and fonts.dir
> restarted xfs and restarted X
> am i missing something or what?

A silly question - have you added /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType to
/etc/X11/fs/config? You should add it to the end of the
comma-separated list of dirs in "catalog". Also, ensure that X is
using xfs - assuming it's on the default port 7100, you should
have FontPath unix:/7100 in you /etx/X11/XF86Config(-4, if you're
running X4). Also, make sure you have Load "freetype" in there
somewhere. If all else fails, there's a site with a script for 
installing the Microsoft webfonts at
http://gongolo.usr.dsi.unimi.it/~vigna/webFonts4Linux/ and it's
got an explanation of how TrueType fonts get installed. It might
have something helpful.

Dave.

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