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spiderworm
08-26-2002, 05:39 PM
werd up folks,

i installed a bunch of .ttf fonts though the KDE control panel in administrator mode, and i thought i had it because i opened Kate, Konqueror, and KDE Mail & all the new fonts worked, but then in some other programs that are supposed to use the xfs (like the gimp, jedit) dont pick up on the new fonts, they dont even show the new fonts.

i've restarted my computer several times, and tried a bunch of things in the Konsole, and it appears that everything should be working fine, but its obviously not since im typing in here. anyone had a problem similar to this?

help!

spiderworm

ps -
RH7.3
KDE 3.something
mdwatts
08-26-2002, 06:33 PM
These are my notes for installing TrueType fonts.


mkdir /usr/X11R6/X11/fonts/TrueType

Copy the Windows TT fonts to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/ and then go to that directory

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/

/usr/sbin/ttmkfdir > fonts.scale

/usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir

Add the new font directory to /etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4 depending on which one your distro uses.

Restart X


Works everytime for me...
spiderworm
08-26-2002, 07:01 PM
wat does the ttmkfdir > fonts.scale thing do cause every time i try to do it it returns "Aborted"

spiderworm
mborrill
08-27-2002, 04:58 AM
I just copy all my TTF to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/

within the above Dir I type ttmkfdir > fonts.dir

Restart X

And thats it work every time for me.
Nu-Bee
10-12-2002, 12:39 PM
Originally posted by mborrill
I just copy all my TTF to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/

within the above Dir I type ttmkfdir > fonts.dir

Restart X

And thats it work every time for me.

So, there's only a couple issue:

A) How do you copy files? (never mind, I found the docs. :):)

In DOS I know how to do this: Copy *.* [dir]

But I don't know how to do it in Linux...

B) My XF86Config-4 has this:


FontPath 'unix/ :-1'
EndSection


Do I add another line? Do I delineate with a comma? Do I have to add another 'directory' with single quotes?

What dir did you add? I didn't see you NAME it anywhwere. This doesn't tell me anything:


/usr/sbin/ttmkfdir > fonts.scale

/usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir


I am beginning to get a grasp on things but know that if I don't do something like this just EXACTLY right that I could end up with a MAJOR headache.

I haven't even figured out how to go back to the prompt in Konsole after I do an "info" or "man". I have to close the Konsole and start over. :)