[Gllug] xfstt improves quality of desktop life

Tethys tet at accucard.com
Wed Jun 18 16:03:29 UTC 2003


Sarah Ewen writes:

>Newer distros may have nice built-in ttf support and gorgeous fonts,
>but my browsers and general desktop have never looked that great
>font-wise because my box at work is still running Red Hat 7.2. I'm
>sure I'll re-install it some day, but until then..

Actually, you didn't need to install a new font server at all. Red Hat
have been shipping an xfs that understands True Type fonts since long
before 7.2. Just use ttmkfdir to create suitable font index, add the
directory to your font path, and away you go...

Tet

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