On RedHat 6-7,

Edit this file:

/etc/X11/fs/config

in the "catalogue" area, add a line with a path to a directory with TrueType? fonts in it. "/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType" is a good location.

In the directory you've created, run 'ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale' to output the font scale information (needed for TT fonts), then 'mkfontdir' to create fonts.dir (needed by XFS).

Then '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart'. I don't think you need to restart X. TrueType? support is already in XFS. No configuration needed. Applications will have to be restarted in order to use the new fonts.

Jeffrey Watts

-- PaulJohnson - 07 Feb 2003