-- dave selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(on Thursday, 13 March 2003, 01:55 AM +0000):
> Im using gimp, decided I wanted true type support so did the following ....
>
> installed xfstt
> copy ttf fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ directory
> /etc/init.d/xfstt force-reload
> It counts the correct number of fonts, all ok so far
> modified the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file, adding FontPath "unix/:7101"
> re-booted X server, no new fonts
> re-booted system
> xlsfonts | grep ttf
> lists all the fonts
> Fonts appear in gimp menus, all work AOK
>
> Its the re-booting the system bit ....
> Every time i add *.ttf fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/, I xfstt
> force-reload, it counts the correct number including the new ones, HOWEVER
> xlsfonts | grep ttf, and gimp only see the old ones till I do a complete
> re-boot.
No need to reboot, but you *do* need to leave X momentarily (unless
someone else can tell you otherwise). Once out of X, become root, and
run:
/etc/init.d/xfstt restart
Which will restart the font server. Then start X.
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