Need TTF now !

Fuel · 03-24-2003, 04:39 AM

tried to search but could find something good .. i need true type fonts badly

I made a dir called /usr/share/fonts and copied a couple of ttf to it.

whats next ?

Note: running Slackware 9.0 and Fluxbox.

unSpawn · 03-24-2003, 05:46 AM

Maybe this will help: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...T-XFree86.html

Fuel · 03-24-2003, 09:57 AM

thanks .. but when i got to ttmkfdir .. " command not found " ?

Fuel · 03-24-2003, 11:16 AM

somebody ?

hecresper · 03-24-2003, 01:21 PM

Quoted from the HOWTO:

"If you are missing ttmkfdir, you can obtain it here: http://www.joerg-pommnitz.de/TrueType/ttmkfdir.tar.gz"

If you're signed on as a regular user acct, then you might not be able to run that command. If you're getting that msg signed on as root, then see above quote or re-read the HOWTO.

Fuel · 03-24-2003, 01:56 PM

hmm.. this is made for aliens . .just to get truetype fonts .. i have NO CLUE what im doing right now .. this will probably take me a couple of weeks

rmartine · 03-24-2003, 03:13 PM

Try this. Instead of actually using the ttmkfdir command,

1) Copy the *.ttf files to your fonts directortry
2) cd to that directory
3) Run mkfontcale. This will make fonts.scale
4) Run mkfontdir. This wil make fonts.dir
5) Restart xfs, service xfs restart
6) Run xfontsel and X should be able to see your new *.ttf fonts

You may need to reboot after restarting xfs.

I blew it the first time I installed new fonts.... sooo...

Forgot a step in between 4 and 5

/usr/sbin/chkfontpath -a /font/path

Fuel · 03-25-2003, 02:58 AM

how do i restart xfs ?

rmartine · 03-25-2003, 03:13 AM

type this at the command line

/sbin/service xfs restart

Rebooting will also work... just not as graceful.

Fuel · 03-25-2003, 03:37 AM

nothing works..

rmartine · 03-25-2003, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rmartine
Try this. Instead of actually using the ttmkfdir command,

1) Copy the *.ttf files to your fonts directory
2) cd to that directory
3) Run mkfontcale. This will make fonts.scale
4) Run mkfontdir. This will make fonts.dir
5) Restart xfs, service xfs restart
6) Run xfontsel and X should be able to see your new *.ttf fonts

You may need to reboot after restarting xfs. I blew it the first time I installed new fonts.... sooo...

Oops. I forgot a step. I've been doing that lately. A whole hell of a lot of good restarting the font server will do if you don't add the new directory to font path.

In between steps 4 and 5 you need to run another command.

/usr/sbin/chkfontpath -a /where_you_installed_your_fonts/

This will add your new fonts to the font server path. Now restart X.

Good Luck

Fuel · 03-28-2003, 02:44 AM

thanks for you time .. to help .. but i cant run commands like mkfontscale etc.

Fuel · 03-28-2003, 11:06 AM

ehh .. im so fuck*** tired .. been up for 12 hrs to get those fuck*** shit true ass font installed .. why does it has to be such a LAME procedure to get these fonts installed .. i work with creating webpages .. and if i cant get it installed .. i have to uninstall Slackware

do people really enjoy those damn lame ugly fonts ? gurus can write advanced apps to linux but not a simple font installer ! AAARRGGHH !!

* out to get a coke * and probably another 12 hrs /dev/null streak ..

hecresper · 03-28-2003, 11:35 AM

I did my font installation the easy way using KDE's Control Center. I'm not going to use any other window manager, so KDE's Font utility was just perfect for me.

JoooN · 03-28-2003, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fuel
ehh .. im so fuck*** tired .. been up for 12 hrs to get those fuck*** shit true ass font installed .. why does it has to be such a LAME procedure to get these fonts installed .. i work with creating webpages .. and if i cant get it installed .. i have to uninstall Slackware

do people really enjoy those damn lame ugly fonts ? gurus can write advanced apps to linux but not a simple font installer ! AAARRGGHH !!

* out to get a coke * and probably another 12 hrs /dev/null streak ..

I installed Dropline-GNOME and that fixed my fonts.