[lug] TTF font in X-Window

[Kevin Moore]

Here's how I do it with Microsoft TType fonts on RedHat, it really helps 
make web pages look nice. Your mileage may vary:

1. Zip up your true type fonts from over on the 'doze side.

2. On the Linux side, unzip the fonts into a directory under

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/

something like, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttype/

3. Add this to your /etc/X11/fs/config file:

catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttype,
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
         /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
         /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
	 blah, blah, blah.......

4. Restart your font server:

/etc/init.d/xfs restart

5. Fonts will then be available in edit->preferences->appearance->fonts 
in your browser (at least in Mozilla/Netscape-I don't know 
Galeon/Konqueror).

Hope this helps....Kevin


Warren Sanders wrote:
> 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 ?


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