I read this now and this reminds me of a point I have meant to bring to someones attention... the debian xfstt package soes not contain the original xfstt documentation! I installed it recently (again) and actually had to download the package off of sunsite and unpack the tarball just to get the docs on how to tell X that I hada font server running! hmm...if the lack of a man page is considered a "bug" (I read that somewhere) would this also fall into that catergory? the docs included in the deb (unfortunately) don't even ell how to make the install usefull :( -Steve
Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Paul Rightley wrote: > > > I have installed xfstt, but it seems to be documentation-poor. > > I know nothing of fonts in X (or in Windows for that matter - > > I guess I am the prototypical luser). Where would I get some > > TTF fonts and where would I put them to use them? Are there > > fonts of this sort that follow the DFSG (which I would prefer)? > > You can place the fonts in a subdirectory of /var/ttfonts . You can use > any name for that subdirectory. Where you get the fonts is another issue. > It is probably illegal to use the fonts that come with Windows. You could > get yourself a CD with a few hundred shareware/freeware fonts, but most of > these are very poorly licensed. > > xfstt isn't yet automatically started at boot time. To start it manually, > do: > > # xfstt & > > ... as root. > > If you also run xfs, you'll have to put one of these font servers on > another port than the default (which is 7100). 'xfstt --help' and 'xfs > --help' are helpful here. But if you say you don't know anything about > fonts, you probably don't run xfs. > > To let the X server use the fonts, you can do: > > $ xset fp+ tcp/localhost:7100 > > ... as any user that currently has access to the X server (i.e. you). > This only works if the X server is already running and must be done every > time the X server is restarted. > > If you want the X server to automatically use the fonts, you can add this > line to the "Files" section in /etc/X11/XF86Config : > > FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100" > > If xfstt isn't running when X is started, the X server will not be able to > use the TTF fonts until you issue the xset command above. > > I say again here, I don't know where GIMP gets its fonts. But if it gets > them from the X server, this is the way to get GIMP to use TTF fonts. > > Also, note that xfstt is in an experimental state. It is not yet stable > and may crash or do things you don't expect now and then. But you could be > lucky and it may just work for you. > > If you have any more questions, just ask. > > Remco > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -=Signature has been removed because it made an unfair comparison between NT 4 and Linux =- replacement: (ok I admit...I am bored..its a slow day at work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$fortune -o Anything more than 3 shakes is for fun. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
