On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 23:35, Steven T. Hatton wrote: : On Saturday 26 October 2002 02:51 am, wolfi wrote: : > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 07:50, Book Realm - esquire wrote: : > > I'm using SuSE 7.2, and the fonts aren't the best on it... plus, I : > > haven't been able to install new fonts. Mandrake had a good fonts : > > manager. Does SuSE 8.1 have a fonts manager now, especially one that : > > can install new true type fonts? : > > : > > Esquire : > : > Hi, : > : > I have found out that the way for adding fonts described in sdb for 7.2 : > still works in 8.1; : > Copy the ttf files (from a windoze box e.g.) to : > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/ , then run : > # /usr/X11R6/bin/ttmkfdir|sed s/^[0-9]*// > fonts.scale.neu : > (as root). Then run SuSEconfig and restart the x server. Fonts are there : > right after that. : > : > Cheers ..... Wolfi : > ============================================= : > mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net : : I'll have to think a bit about what those commands do, before I comment : very much about them. Since the first cup of coffee is just hitting my : stomach, that isn't going to happen in the next 20 or so minutes. There : are many variations on the fonts theme. I believe what you show above will : only work for true type fonts. There are other kinds of fonts. From my : current understanding - or lack thereof - I would say there is an important : division in the taxonomy of fonts. Those which scale, and those which : don't. Type1 fonts, like TTF, scale. Fonts which scale need a fonts.scale : file, which you show how to create above. For a general discussion of : fonts which is incomplete, and not well written, but as a few gems of : insight, take a look at: : : http://baldur.globalsymmetry.com/proprietary/com/wri/ch05s04.html : : Just pick out the parts the Mike Fabian contributed, and ignore my blather, : and you should have something of worth. : : The addition of the fontpath to the XF86Config is one important item you : didn't mention. I don't like dumping my own changes into places where : configuration programs are doing their work. It just gets too hard to : figure out who changed what after a while. I, therefore, create a : /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local and add all my fonts to a subdirectory : therein. It is then necessary to include that in the FontPath listing of : the /etc/X11/XF86Config. : : I do hope to find time to really clean up that discussion of fonts, and : (probably) move it to a stand alone document. None of the discussions I've : found on-line seem to be both comprehensive, and easy to follow. Thanks everyone for all the help. I can't understand, however, since fonts are an integral part of computers and printing, why font management isn't an integral part of YaST2, or SuSE as a whole. There's no such drama installing new fonts with Mandrake or Windows, yet, SuSE 8.1 (and the new YaST2) still doesn't have a fonts manager?