http://www.mindspring.com/~john_mcl/adding_fonts.html This is not XF4-specific but does give a good guide to getting ttfs running in X in general, plus all the required tools can be downloaded in a single tarball. It would make sense if ttmkfdir was included with freetype, but it appears not to be..... ================================================== Paul Sims ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SpireLUG - the Chesterfield Linux User Group www.spirelug.org.uk ==================================================
On 4 Nov 2000, John S. J. Anderson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > wulfie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ttmkfdir in the ttf dir :) Add the path to your fonts section in > > XF86Config, freetype to the modules section (you already did both, it > > seems) & you're there. > > What's the exact path to ttmkfdir on your box? I don't seem to have > it, nor do I have a ttf dir -- at least, 'locate /ttf/' doesn't > produce anything. I've got freetype in the modules section, and I've > got the path to the TrueType font directory as a FontPath, but I don't > get any TrueType fonts available in various font selection dialogs, > and nothing at all in the ttf foundry (which is where all the fonts > ended up when using xfstt). > > Any other advice on where to start digging for this info? Most of the > web (including my own site, sadly enough) doesn't look all that great > in GUI browsers without the 'standard' fonts... > > john. > > - -- > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [ John S Jacobs Anderson ]------><URL:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [ Genehack: Not your daddy's weblog ]------><URL:http://genehack.org> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Mailcrypt 3.5.5 and Gnu Privacy Guard > > iD8DBQE6BFXrWRJRdOm3KFARAncOAJ4jGPGiYyCJYVyhweLVA9KUo3lC4ACfSiYG > QresIRFVMI/pROtM/aq35pc= > =uHeY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
