Adrian Burd wrote:
I've successfully upgraded from Suse 6.3 to Suse 7.0 and want to start using some of the truetype fonts I was using with XFree 3 with the new XFree 4. However, I can't seem to get them installed. The installation is a pristine Suse 7 system straight out of the box.
Seems you miss a fonts.alias file.
This is a previous message on the subject; I followed the advice (including cheationg on the fonts.alias file, and it worked for me...
Credit goes to previous poster, Naurgrim
How do you uses TTF in Xfree 4?
I have just upgraded from a SuSE 6.3 installation with xfstt. I have read this was not needed anymore since Xfree 4 included a ttf server. But how do you configure it?
This one's still fresh in my mind, as I went to 7.0 and XFree86 4 over the weekend. Here's a compressed, and somewhat incomplete, version: dump your *.ttf's into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype, or make a new directory. I did /usr/local/fonts. Whatever. Make sure that your /etcX11/XF86Config has a FontPath line for this directory. Goto this directory, and run "ttmkfdir > fonts.scale" and "mkfontdir". These will create your fonts.scale and fonts.dir files. Get a useable fonts.alias file together. I cheated, I grabbed one from: http://www.hazalthorn.freeserve.co.uk/TrueType.html - which is where I puzzled this out. His page is geared towards 6.4, so you don't have to worry about building ttmkfdir and mkfontdir from source, as 7.0 has 'em, or using xfsft, as Xfree86 4 takes care of it. He also has good tips on making Netscape (sweeeet) and SO use TrueTypes. -- Finagle's Creed: Science is true. Don't be misled by facts. -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux Kernel 2.2.18 (who Kares?)