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[Kevanf1 <kevanf1@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/11/05, Jan Elders <jrme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday 03 November 2005 20:52, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
> > If I simply place fonts in a subdirectory under /etc/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts,
> > and run SuSEconfig, the fonts are not loaded when the KDM is loaded.  If I
> > add the new path to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, they will load.  The problem
> > with modifying the /etc/X11/xorg.conf is that it has a
> > corresponding /etc/X11/xorg.conf.md5 which means YaST wants to control the
> > file.
> >
> > When I copy the fonts to ~/.fonts, and add the following to the
> > ~/.fonts.conf: <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> > <fontconfig>
> >   <dir>~/.fonts/wri/4.1/truetype</dir>
> >   <dir>~/.fonts/wri/4.1/Type1</dir>
> > </fontconfig>
> >
> > X still fails to load the fonts.  Putting the fonts in
> > /usr/share/fonts/wri/4.1/truetype
> > /usr/share/fonts/wri/4.1/Type1
> > likewise fails.  I would rather not edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  Is there
> > an alternative?
> With SuSE 9.3 I loaded additional fonts in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts and ran SuSEconfig -module fonts.
> I "think" that is the folder you have to use.
> Worked perfect for me.
> Cheers,
> --

Isn't there a way of automatically installing new fonts through YaST? 
Surely there must be a way.

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