[lug] TTF font in X-Window

[Timothy C. Klein]

The ttf fonts work just fine for me, in Mozilla and everything else.  I
am using xfstt on 7101, not 7100.  I am not sure what is going on.
Which window managers?

Tim

* Good Guy (g00d_guy_21 at yahoo.com) wrote:
> Hello Folks.. I'm newbie to Linux.. and find some
> irritating drawback on my Linux (I use Mandrake 8.2)..
> When I open some website using Garleon or Netscape or
> Mozilla or Konquer.. the fonts always screwed.. I mean
> the font looks very ugly.. I tried to install windows
> fonts (TTF font).. first I install the xfstt and then
> I do xset +fp unix/:7100 then xfstt --sync then I add
> the font path to XF86Config.. after that I checked the
> font using xfontsel(i forgot the command)..it lists
> all my fonts (including the ttf fonts)..
> 
> but when I open my control center and tried to change
> some of the font.. it only listed the linux font.. I
> couldn't find the ttf font.. 
> 
> can Linux(browser in linux) use ttf fonts ?
> 
> any suggestion ?
> 
> ps: I already read the font howto..and do all the
> command in the howto  but these fonts problem still
> persists..
> 
> regards,
> Jeff
> 
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