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> Are there any online tutorials for adding Fonts to X in Red Hat 6.0 ? Do
> these also include info on installing True Type Fonts? I want to use
> Linux as a Graphics develoment platform and I need to be able to keep up
> with other platforms as far as Typography is concerned. Is there any
> difference in Font Handling between Red Hat 6.0 and Linux Mandrake 6.0?

>Are there any online tutorials for adding Fonts to X in Red Hat 6.0 ? Do
>these also include info on installing True Type Fonts? I want to use
>Linux as a Graphics develoment platform and I need to be able to keep up
>with other platforms as far as Typography is concerned. Is there any
>difference in Font Handling between Red Hat 6.0 and Linux Mandrake 6.0?

> The font handling should be the same across all distributions;
> basically, if you want True Type fonts, you'll have to install a font
> server. The Font Deuglification HOWTO explains the whole procedure
> pretty well.

> Gergo

> > The font handling should be the same across all distributions;
> > basically, if you want True Type fonts, you'll have to install a font
> > server. The Font Deuglification HOWTO explains the whole procedure
> > pretty well.

> > Gergo

> OK, now I'm confused. I've got RH 6.0 and understood that it now had
> TrueType support through xfs. Do you still need to follow the X
> Deuglification HowTo and install xfstt?

> Randy

>> The font handling should be the same across all distributions;
>> basically, if you want True Type fonts, you'll have to install a font
>> server. The Font Deuglification HOWTO explains the whole procedure
>> pretty well.

>> Gergo

>OK, now I'm confused. I've got RH 6.0 and understood that it now had
>TrueType support through xfs. Do you still need to follow the X
>Deuglification HowTo and install xfstt?

> >> The font handling should be the same across all distributions;
> >> basically, if you want True Type fonts, you'll have to install a font
> >> server. The Font Deuglification HOWTO explains the whole procedure
> >> pretty well.

> >> Gergo

> >OK, now I'm confused. I've got RH 6.0 and understood that it now had
> >TrueType support through xfs. Do you still need to follow the X
> >Deuglification HowTo and install xfstt?

> No, I think they are equivalent. But the Deuglification HOWTO describes
> xfstt, so that's the one I use. But if you can find documentation for
> xfs, it should work just as well.

> Gergo

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> : > No, I think they are equivalent. But the Deuglification HOWTO describes
> : > xfstt, so that's the one I use. But if you can find documentation for
> : > xfs, it should work just as well.
> :
> : Anybody know where there is such a concise description of xfs as the one
> : in the deuglification HowTo? This was great!

> It's very easy to configure xfs to do TT Fonts.

> mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ttfonts
> (copy your .ttf files to /usr/share/fonts/ttfonts)
> cd /usr/share/fonts/ttfonts
> ttmkfdir -o fonts.dir
> chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/ttfonts
> If you haven't done so yet (to fix Netscape Java crashing) also:
> chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart

> Ta da.  You've got tt fonts now.

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