Installing TrueType fonts in Fedora 3

swcng2001 · 03-05-2005, 10:19 AM

Can anyone tell me if they have done this?

I did the following -
1. created directory /usr/local/fonts/ttf
2. copied a whole bunch of .ttf files to it
3.
cd /usr/local/fonts/ttf
ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
mkfontdir
4. /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -a /usr/local/fonts/ttf
5. rebooted

After all that none of the applications (OpenOffice, GIMP, KWord, etc) can see the new fonts.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Stephen Ng

linmix · 03-05-2005, 01:43 PM

I did the following:

I opened two Nautilus windows ('home' icon on desktop)
In the first, I surfed to the location of my windows fonts.
In the second I typed "fonts:///" in the location bar.
Then I selected the fonts I wanted and did a drag and drop to the fonts directory.
Log out, log in, ready!

swcng2001 · 03-05-2005, 07:35 PM

Thanks for replying.

I reread the Release Notes and found the answer!! Oops!!

All I did was copy the fonts to ~/.fonts and it worked.

Stephen