Install True Type Fonts: Using a Font Server

[jsn06]

You can add your own fonts and sharing them by putting them into /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype. You need to run a couple of commands to make them available to X:

 

# cd /usr/local/share/fonts

# mkdir truetype

# chmod go+rx truetype

# cd truetype

# wget [/url][url=http://www.children2children.net/promos/fonts/kidprint.zip]http://www.children2children.net/promos/fonts/kidprint.zip

# unzip kidprint.zip

# rm kidprint.zip

# mkfontscale (or ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale ?????)

# mkfontdir

 

 

You need to add the path to the catalogue entry in /etc/X11/fs/config:

 

/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype/

 

 

 

A couple of other paths that should also be included there for the defoma package managed fonts to be available are:

 

/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID/

/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/

 

 

enjoy,

to bee continued B)

 

johnny06

[znx]

neat.. thanks johnny.. keep this up and ill dust off the shiny 'medal' i have :P