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RH8.0 Fonts Setup

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Setup Chinese TrueType fonts for RH8

Strategy

Strategy:

Use as much as possible from default RH8 installation
Rendering the Chinese TrueType fonts directly from XFree, using the default freetype module, because xfs can't handle Chinese fonts.
Preserves the xfs for other applications (i.e, kde & gnome).

So, basically, all modification done in /etc/X11/XF86Config is enough.

Files

Example 1. File /etc/X11/XF86Config:

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/fonts/TrueType/win_zh_CN.0"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/zh_CN/TrueType"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/zh_TW/TrueType"
    FontPath   "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load "dbe"      # Double-buffering
        Load "dri"      # Direct rendering infrastructure
        Load "GLcore"   # OpenGL support
        Load "glx"      # OpenGL X protocol interface
        Load "extmod"   # Misc. required extensions
        # Load "v4l"    # Video4Linux, not in default setting
        # Load "pex5"   # PHIGS for X 3D environment (obsolete)
        Load "record"   # X event recorder
        # Load "xie"    # X Image Extension (obsolete)
        # You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
        Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler, can also use xtt
        Load "type1"    # Adobe Type 1 font handler, not in default setting
        Load "fbdevhw"
EndSection

Quit xwindow then start it gain. Note that restarting xwindow manager won't help.

xfd -fn -microsoft-simsun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-gb2312.1980-0 &
xfd -fn -microsoft-simsun-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-gb2312.1980-0 &

References

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/x-4x.html http://www.linuxaid.com.cn/articles/9/2/926447146.shtml http://www.linuxaid.com.cn/articles/5/5/554079777.shtml http://www.aucs.org/rpmcenter/RedHat_72_73_Chinese_mini-HOWTO.html