It's all about the fonts

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20 Aug 2002 23:14:11 +0100

> I ran 'chkfontpath' and /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType was NOT listed
> as a font path.... Should it be by default?

I could be completely wrong, but that is only there for backward compatibility for say Gnome 1.4 stuff.

add it to you're XF86Config path as well.

But all you have to do to make TrueType fonts available to Gnome 2 is:

First Make a directory say `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTFONTS'

This is where we will add our true Type Fonts

Then you want to copy the fonts into this directory:

cd (where fonts are located)
cp *.ttf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTFONTS

(Make sure they are all lower case)

Now we want to make a list of all the fonts and they weight, class & description:

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTFONTS
ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
mkfontdir

Then edit /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and add the paths like so:

<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTFONTS</dir>

Logout and back in (this may not be imperative)

Voila

Mark

It's all about the fonts

> > I ran 'chkfontpath' and /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType was NOT
> > listed as a font path.... Should it be by default?
>
> I could be completely wrong, but that is only there for
> backward compatibility for say Gnome 1.4 stuff.
>
> [...]
>
> Then edit /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and add the paths like so:
>
> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTFONTS</dir>

I have my fonts working without modifying fonts.conf like that.. Instead I used the chkfontpath tool which modifies /etc/X11/fs/config

But we may not be on the same page here. I am not trying to change the gnome fonts.. I just want mozilla to load the correct fonts. Also the gimp. OpenOffice detects the fonts through the way I did it as well.

Is /etc/fonts/fonts.conf gnome specific?

Hugh Buchanan