To quote Rob VanFleet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Since XFree86 4 has been moved into testing, I figured that I can do # away with xfstt since the new xfs supposedly supports truetype fonts. # The problem is that I can't seem to find out what package contains the # ttmkfdir command that allows one to make a fonts.dir for truetype fonts. # Does anyone have an idea as to where to look?
I'd like to warn you that there are two 'ttmkfdir' programs around that people mix up; 'ttmkfdir', and 'mkttfdir'. One is good, the other isn't quite so good. A while ago in #debian on irc.openprojects.net, there was a debate about which was better. I got the tarball of the one I used and sent it around to people and had them run in. For the six people that did it, there was a 150-230% gain in the number of fonts and font encodings that were recognized. The one which recognized the most encodings was 'ttmkfdir'. A search for "ttmkfdir" on Freshmeat immediately turned up what I was looking for, and a tarball with a prebuilt, statically linked binary is at: http://freshmeat.net/redir/ttmkfdir/10789/url_tgz/ttmkfdir.tar.gz So, there you go :) Have fun. Keep in mind that you need to have the "freetype" module loaded from /etc/X11/XF86Config, and your font paths need to point to the right places. David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
