According to the xfstt FAQ, the method for adding fonts is as follows:
Become superuser and copy ALL files for the new fonts into /usr/ttfonts.
Execute the command xfstt --sync,
and check that the latest number of fonts detected has increased.
However, from experimenting it seems that the best and cleanest solution
is to leave X Windows, become
superuser and kill all occurences of the xfstt font server. Execute the
command xfstt --sync, and then xfstt to
restart the server. Restart X Windows, and run xfontsel to check the new
fonts have been detected.
Wilhelm Bertalan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Somehow it must be possible to include additional tt-fonts to the fonts
> already installed by Mandrake 6. I've figured out that there is a
> separate dir for ttfonts, but additional fonts copied into that dir do
> not show up. I believe this has something to do with "fonts.dir" listing
> the available fonts in a very cryptic way, so I am not sure how to edit
> it (I would also like to delete some of the original fonts, which are
> not useful for me).
>
> Thanks for all hints etc.
>
> Willy
