LinuxQuestions.org - oh glorious fonts

-put the *.ttf fonts in a folder ( mine are in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype)

-cd into that folder, and 'ttmkfdir > fonts.scale'
then do a 'mkfontdir'

-edit your XF86config and Xftconfig, adding the path to the font dir (following the format of the other paths)

-restart X.

-you can also edit your mozilla/defaults/pref/unix.js to look something like this to enable TT fonts in mozilla:

Code:



// TrueType

pref("font.FreeType2.enable", true);

pref("font.freetype2.shared-library", "libfreetype.so.6");

// if libfreetype was built without hinting compiled in

// it is best to leave hinting off

pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", true);

pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", false);

// below a certian pixel size anti-aliased fonts produce poor results

pref("font.antialias.min",        9);

pref("font.embedded_bitmaps.max", 1000000);

pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.min", 64);

pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.gain", "0.8");

// sample prefs for TrueType font dirs

pref("font.directory.truetype.1", "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype");