Thanks for your help. The Then restart xfs, and 'xset +fp <new_path>' and
'xset fp
rehash' just to be clear is that what I type or do I enter the font path
name <new_path> here and rehash is what I type? Also I put the fonts in dir
TrueType rather than truetype -assume this doesn't matter. Ta. NH
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>From: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Truetype fonts in RH6.0
>Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 2:01 pm
>
>On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 09:02:15AM +0000, Neil Hollow wrote:
>> This didn't work. It creates a font.dir file in the TrueType dir but its
>> empty. Any ideas. Ta. NH
>
>I believe you also have to run 'mkfontdir'. Try that first (if you
>haven't.) Then restart xfs, and 'xset +fp <new_path>' and 'xset fp
>rehash'.
>
>> >>
>> >>> Er no it didn't. When I did ttmkfdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype
>> >>> a whole load of stuff rattled down the screen including some
>> >>> errors of some type. I restarted fs w/o problem, but known of
>> >>> the fonts are visible to X. Any
>> >>> clues? NH
>> >>
>> >>Ah, yes, I forgot to redirect the output.
>> >>Do:
>> >> cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype
>> >> mkttfdir . >fonts.dir
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