Is the use of "ttmkfdir" still needed for TrueType font configuration with XFRee86 4.3.0? ttmkfdir isn't mentioned in the current online doc for installing TrueType fonts:
http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/4.3.0/fonts2.html#9 Thanks... Peace... Tom COLIN Stephane wrote: > Hi Prasad ! > > To be able to use the font, follow this : > > - launch xfontsel and look in the top right corner to see number of > fonts avalaible. > - open a term > - switch as user root (su -) > - cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ > - copy here the font provided by the site > (http://www.marathiworld.com/MARmith0.ttf) > - ttmkfdir > fonts.scale (don't pay attention to the warning message) > - ttmkfdir > fonts.dir (don't pay attention to the warning message) > - mkfontdir -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings > - fc-cache -f -v > - VERIFY you have -> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" in your > /etc/X11/XF86Config file. > - open a term as normal user and type xset fp rehash > - launch netscape from same term and enjoy !!! > > A++ > > Prasad Khambete wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I am running slackware 9.0 distribution of linux with XFree86 4.3.0 > > on a PC with Cyrix M II processor. > > > > Web sites with content in the language Marathi (an indic language) > > do not display correctly using either Netscape of Konqueror. Even > > when I install the fonts. > > > > http://www.marathiworld.com [ uses MARmith0.ttf ] > > http://www.esakal.com [ uses subak.ttf and subak1.ttf] > > http://www.maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com [ uses sudipto.ttf ] > > > > Content on these web-sites uses 8-bit fonts (which is true of most of > > Marathi > > web-sites. They do not use Unicode fonts) But mkfontscale reports > > some of these fonts as having iso10646 encoding which must be > > an error. > > > > For the first web-site only square blocks are displayed (maybe > > the font matches, but X is not able to render them ?) For the other > > two web-sites the font probably is not matched because it shows > > a lot of little square blocks. > > > > Any help would be immensely appreciated. I have been trying > > various things for several days without success. > > > > Thanks and regards > > -Prasad > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > HCL Beanstalk PCs. You could win one. > > http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/hclbeanstalktour/index.asp Interested? > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > COLIN Stephane, scolin at planetepc dot fr > ------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
