On 26 Feb 1999, Frozen Rose wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm having trouble getting Netscape and Wordperfect to recognize my > >TTFs... I've installed xfstt (it's loaded during boot-up), but when I do > >a "xlsfonts | grep ttf" I get nothing... I've also done "ln -s > >/dos_c/windows/fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype/winfonts" as per xfstt > >documentation... I know that I'm probably supposed to add the line "xset > >fp+ unix/:7101&" to my xinitrc (?), but that doesn't do anything.... any > >ideas? > > Istr that if you make a symlink from your windows fonts directory to > /usr/share/fonts/truetype/FOO, then the font family will be "FOO". So, > I have: > > bash$ ll /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ > total 1 > drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 1024 Jan 11 04:13 net/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 4 01:30 windows -> \ > /windrive/windows/fonts/ > > Producing: > > bash$ xlsfonts | grep net > -net-startrek film bt-medium-r-normal-regular-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > bash$ xlsfonts | grep windows > -windows-arial black-medium-r-normal-regular-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > -windows-arial narrow special g1-bold-r-normal-bold-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > -windows-arial narrow special g1-medium-i-normal-italic-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > ..etc.. > > I alsoseem to remember that you should do "xfstt --sync" (as root) > when you add new fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype, and that you > can't do this while xfstt is running... (irritatingly). > > Also, you can avoid having to "xset fp+ ..." in your xinitrc by adding > > FontPath "unix/:7101" > > to the "Files" section of /etc/X11/XF86Config, although this will make > your X server refuse to start if xfstt is not running for some reason > (and if you use xdm you may be in big trouble). > for running xfstt as root while xfstt was runnig worked just fine, also in case xfstt won't start and your using xdm, it's a bit of a hassle but you can log in in single mode and just change the XF86Config back.
