Fedora fonts on Slackware

gypsy_rabbi · 10-03-2005, 09:48 AM

How do I get Fedora's default fonts on Slackware?

I tried copying over /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts (followed by mkfontdir and mkfontscale) and /usr/share/fonts (followed by fc-cache), but that didn't do it.

I really like Slackware, but it's rather hard on the eyes (specially Firefox), and that keeps me from switching. Any ideas?

Thanks,

GR

spariggio82 · 10-04-2005, 03:01 AM

Use the font manager of the kde control center. It's easier and suits better your needs.

cs-cam · 10-04-2005, 06:39 AM

How is it hard on the eyes exactly? It's probably just your Fedora install had antialiasing turned on by default and perhaps Slackware didn't. These links should help

http://jmccoy.sdf-us.org/linux/config/fonts/fonts.php
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/index.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10...onts_in_linux/

gypsy_rabbi · 10-05-2005, 11:16 PM

I already had anti-aliasing on in Slackware (and yes, I still found many of the default fonts ugly and/or hard to read).

Thanks for the links and the font-manager suggestion; I'll give those a shot.

GR