[lug] TrueType fonts in X

[John Starkey]

John This was passed on to me via this list a couple weeks ago. Not sure if it'll answer your question. It does address RedHat and using xfs with TT fonts.

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/truetype.html


John



John Hernandez wrote:

> Hello LUGers.  I'm trying to figure out how to use my M$ TrueType fonts with XFree86-4 under RedHat 7.0.  So far, I think what's holding me back is the usage of 'mkfontdir'.  My understanding is that the fontserver and X server can now handle TrueType without the use of xfstt or equivalent dedicated server.
>
> What I have so far:
>
> 'chkfontpath' shows my TrueType directory in the path
> 'ls' in my TrueType dir shows Verdana.ttf (among others)
>
> But, when I run 'mkfontpath /usr/.../TrueType', it creates a file containing only a '0' and nothing else!
>
> Do I need a fonts.scale file?  If so, how do I choose the values for all those odd elements between the dashes?
>
> Confused,
> John
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