Adding Truetype Fonts

[Tom Clydesdale]

I'm following a procedure outlined in the Wiki that supposedly tells how
to install Windows fonts in Linux and have run into a problem of how to
tell Linux that another font library is available. The instructions say
to edit file "/etc/X11/xfs/config (or /etc/X11/fs/config) by adding the
new directory following "catalog=". I cannot find such a file in my
installation can anyone give me a clue?

(The basic idea is to move the .ttf files to a subdirectory and then
connect that subdirectory as shown above.)

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* Tom Clydesdale wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

> I'm following a procedure outlined in the Wiki that supposedly tells how
> to install Windows fonts in Linux and have run into a problem of how to
> tell Linux that another font library is available. The instructions say
> to edit file "/etc/X11/xfs/config (or /etc/X11/fs/config) by adding the
> new directory following "catalog=". I cannot find such a file in my
> installation can anyone give me a clue?

> (The basic idea is to move the .ttf files to a subdirectory and then
> connect that subdirectory as shown above.)

Try just putting the fonts in ~/.fonts/

Create if it does not exist.

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[Tom Clydesdale]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:55:52 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:

> I'm following a procedure outlined in the Wiki that supposedly tells how
> to install Windows fonts in Linux and have run into a problem of how to
> tell Linux that another font library is available. The instructions say
> to edit file "/etc/X11/xfs/config (or /etc/X11/fs/config) by adding the
> new directory following "catalog=". I cannot find such a file in my
> installation can anyone give me a clue?
>
> (The basic idea is to move the .ttf files to a subdirectory and then
> connect that subdirectory as shown above.)

I'm still struggling with this; made the following discoveries and still
at a loss:

1. Discovered and ran Automatrix which added some of the fonts I need but
not all of them.
2. Found the file "/var/lib/defoma/s-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
where the Automatrix update placed the .ttf files which worked.
3. Copied the three remaining .ttf files into that directory to no avail
(OOo2 still cannot seem to find them). I cannot determine where the
configuration/index file is located that makes these files available
("/etc/X11/xorg.conf" refers to this location but doesn't direct program
access evidently).

Does anyone have knowledge or ideas how this problem could be resolved?
TIA

Does anyone

Anyone

[Tom Clydesdale]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:45:48 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:55:52 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:
>

>> I'm following a procedure outlined in the Wiki that supposedly tells how
>> to install Windows fonts in Linux and have run into a problem of how to
>> tell Linux that another font library is available. The instructions say
>> to edit file "/etc/X11/xfs/config (or /etc/X11/fs/config) by adding the
>> new directory following "catalog=". I cannot find such a file in my
>> installation can anyone give me a clue?
>>
>> (The basic idea is to move the .ttf files to a subdirectory and then
>> connect that subdirectory as shown above.)

>
> I'm still struggling with this; made the following discoveries and still
> at a loss:
>
> 1. Discovered and ran Automatrix which added some of the fonts I need but
> not all of them.
> 2. Found the file "/var/lib/defoma/s-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> where the Automatrix update placed the .ttf files which worked.
> 3. Copied the three remaining .ttf files into that directory to no avail
> (OOo2 still cannot seem to find them). I cannot determine where the
> configuration/index file is located that makes these files available
> ("/etc/X11/xorg.conf" refers to this location but doesn't direct program
> access evidently).
>
> Does anyone have knowledge or ideas how this problem could be resolved?
> TIA
>

Finally found the correct location "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts"
Apparantly any font copied to that location becomes available to Open
Office at least.

[Chuck]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:45:48 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:

> Does anyone have knowledge or ideas how this problem could be resolved?
> TIA
>

I've added a ton of fonts myself and OOo sees them. Here's what I did.

Put the fonts in a folder inside /usr/share/fonts/truetype and then ran
'sudo fc-cache -f -v' which rebuilds the font cache. Try that. If you
have any issues, check that the permission on the files font files and
folders are 755. Another idea would be to add the path to xorg.conf
(though in my xorg the path is not listed and it works fine still).

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[Chuck]

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:34:37 -0800, Chuck wrote:

Something I didn't realize... To see what fonts are available you can
type fonts:// in the nautilus address bar. Once all the thumbnails are
rendered it can be used to quickly find a desired font.

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[Wayne]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:17:23 -0800, Chuck wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:34:37 -0800, Chuck wrote:
>
> Something I didn't realize... To see what fonts are available you can
> type fonts:// in the nautilus address bar. Once all the thumbnails are
> rendered it can be used to quickly find a desired font.

Great tip, thanks for sharing it!

Wayne
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