[Gllug] True type fonts

[Richard Turner]

> -----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?

Cheers,

Richard T :)


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