True Type Fonts

Gain Paolo Mureddu gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx
Mon Feb 7 23:29:49 UTC 2005


David Fletcher wrote:

>How do I get extra TTFs added to FC3 so that all users can access them?
>
>The trick that worked with RH9 was to copy them into a directory somewhere and 
>use as root:-
>
>/usr/bin/ttmkfdir > fonts.dir
>/usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /usr/winfont
>
>Someone said that for FC3 just copy the fonts into:-
>
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/
>
>but that didn't work either, at least not with Open Office which is what I 
>want to use them with.
>
>Anybody know how to do this?
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave Fletcher
>
>  
>
Place the fonts under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF, then just (as root) run:
/sbin/service xfs reload

You may need to restart your session so some apps are aware of the fonts 
(not necesarily required), and that's it.




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