XFree86 Font De-uglification HOWTO 

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  1. Introduction

    1.1. Conventions Used in this Document
    1.2. Change Log and What's New
    1.3. New Versions
    1.4. Copyright
    1.5. Credits
    1.6. Translations
  2. Brief Overview and Quickstart

    2.1. A Brief History
    2.2. Fast Forward
    2.3. Quickstart
  3. X Server Configuration

    3.1. Setting The FontPath
    3.2. X Server Command Line Options
  4. TrueType Fonts

    4.1. Making TrueType Fonts Available
    4.2. TrueType Hinting
    4.3. Configuration
    4.4. Font Servers
    4.5. The fonts.alias File
  5. XFree86 4.x and Xft

    5.1. Xft and Core Fonts
    5.2. Anti-aliasing
        5.2.1. Requirements
        5.2.2. Installation
        5.2.3. Xft v1.0 Configuration (XftConfig)
        5.2.4. GTK and GNOME
    5.2.5. Afterword
    5.3. Red Hat 7.x and 8.x Differences
    5.3.1. Red Hat 7.x
    5.3.2. Red Hat 8.0
  6. Adjusting Fonts in Specific Applications

    6.1. Netscape
    6.2. Mozilla
      6.2.1. Mozilla with Xft
  7. Summary and Conclusions
  8. Odds and Ends

    8.1. Notes
    8.2. Links
    A. Appendix: Font Servers
    A.1. xfstt
        A.1.1. Installation
    A.1.2. Adjusting the Default Font Size
    A.2. Red Hat's xfs
        A.2.1. Setting the xfs FontPath
        A.2.2. Getting the Fonts Ready
    A.3. xfsft
    B. Appendix: fonts.dir to fonts.alias