[lug] TTF font in X-Window

[Warren Sanders]

I never used the xfstt font server before but you might need to restart 
X.  I wanted to add more fonts for The Gimp and didn't see my new fonts 
untill I restarted X.

Good Guy 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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