This didnt work. I am using an X server that i got from
glide.xxedgexx.com for my voodoo3 card.. will this affect the TrueType
font support at all? Other than that nothing is really different from a
typical mandrake 6 installation
Justin Fisher: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
> Justin Fisher wrote:
> >
> > Excuse the post as i know that there already was a post of the same topic
> > a few days ago.. however i deleted my mail folder.. and i dont have any
> > of threads left.
> >
> > My question is: How do i go about getting TrueType fonts to work in
> > mandrake 6?
>
> First, create a directory for the fonts:
>
> mkdir /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF
>
> Copy the TTF fonts you want to use into that directory:
>
> cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF/.
>
> Create the fonts.scale file needed for xfs:
>
> cd /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF
> /usr/sbin/ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
> ln -s fonts.scale fonts.dir
>
> Tell the X font server to use the new fonts:
>
> chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF
>
> Restart the X font server:
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
>
> The fonts are now available!
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
