Pete,
I installed the RPM xfstt-1.1-2. X won't start anymore, I get an:
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1,inet/127.0.0.1:7101'
Which I guess means it can't find a font, which makes sense because I
haven't loaded any TT
fonts. (so I have rpm -e xfstt).
I understand I have to get the fonts (I'll get em from windows) and I
can put them in /usr/share/fonts/truetype but, I suspect I'm still going
to get that above error (after I reinstall xfstt).
Any advice?
Jay
Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> on debian, the default directory is:
>
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
>
> but you can put them anywhere. if you have a windows dualboot, you can
> simply use /C/Windows/System/ or wherever MS puts them.
>
> pete
>
> On Thu 22 Feb 01, 10:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
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>> On a related note, I was wondering:
>> Where do you put the true type fonts on X 4.0?
>> I'm running X 4.0.2
>> --Seth
>>
>>> jay, when i first installed linux, i was very disheartened by the fonts as
>>> well. everytime i looked at netscape, it made my stomach churn.
>>>
>>> yes, you can definitely do something about it. for a slightly outdated
>>> answer:
>>>
>>> http://www.dirac.org/p/linux/qa/qa-web.html
>>>
>>> but here's the answer in a nutshell.
>>>
>>> 1. install a truetype font server. you had a couple of options last year,
>>> but xfstt seems to have pulled ahead of the others.
>>>
>>> 2. install X 4.0 which has native true type font service.
>>>
>>> 3. steal (yes, steal. they're almost all copyrighted) true type fonts. you
>>> can pull them directly from your windows partition. (i wonder if that's
>>> considered a copyright violation?)
>>>
>>> pet
>>
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