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RH7.2 Fonts Setup

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Setup Chinese TrueType fonts for RH7.2

Strategy

Strategy: rendering the Chinese TrueType fonts directly from XFree8 with the 'xtt' module, while preserving the xfs and xft for other applications (i.e, kde & gnome). So, basically, all modification done in /etc/X11/XF86Config is enough.

First step test

/etc/X11/XF86Config:

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/export/fonts/TrueType/win_zh_CN.0"
    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, use xtt instead
        Load "xtt"      # TrueType font handler
        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 &