Am Dienstag 13 Januar 2004 17:26 schrieb Hans Müller: > Am Dienstag 13 Januar 2004 17:13 schrieb John Li: > > > > Hello what must i do to install more ttf fonts? > > > > I have copy the files to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ but > > > > > > i can not use the > > > > > > > fonts. What have i to do??? > > > > > > mkdir ~/.fonts > > > drop the fonts in that directory > > > > I think this only works for the local user. > > Yes right this work only for one user and not for the hole system. > > > > As root, > > > cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ > > > fc-cache . > > but man fc-cache say the fc-cache is for FreeType only. whe i try it and > read the index file my font are not listet. > > > My understanding is that this only works for the 'new' font system > > (see Fedora release notes) but not the 'old' one. I'm not clear > > on the best way to add them to the 'old' system. I outlined what > > I personally did in > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-January/msg00738.html, > > and asked for advice on whether this was the best way to do it > > or not, but didn't receive any responses....any takers this time? so with fc-cache /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF and restart the X server it will work > > > > Thanks, > > John
