[Gllug] True type fonts

[Richard Cohen]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Richard Turner wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On
> Behalf
> > Of Richard Cohen
> > Sent: 28 April 2003 11:26 am
> > To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Gllug] True type fonts
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Tethys wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "Richard Turner" writes:
> > >
> > > >I take it it's not simply a case of dropping the .ttf files into
> the
> > > >appropriate directory...
> > >
> > > Yes, it is. You should just be able to put them in ~/.fonts
> > >
> > > There's probably a system wide equivalent as well, but I've always
> > > done it manually by editing the xfs configuration to point at my
> > > chosen font directories.
> >
> > xfs? really?
> >
> > Join the fontconfig/Xft world.  Really.  You'll like it here :-)
> >
> > And grab the Bitstream Vera fonts.  Really.  They're pretty :-)
> >
> > > Tet
> >
> > Cheers
> > Richard
> >
>
> I see that fontconfig is installed on RH9 by default, so I guess it's
> using that.  It's still a case of simply dropping .ttf files into the
> right dir to install them is it?

Oh, yes.  And ~/.fonts is as good a place as any... it's probably set as one
of the default locations, anyway.

> Cheers,
>
> Richard T :)

Cheers
Richard


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