Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 21:23:20 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, OpenOffice Mailing List <openoffice@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fonts:: how do I instal a TTF font on OO? Message-ID: <20070910042320.GA7101@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <46E481D0.10305@chillt.de> References: <20070905233025.GA67086@thought.org> <46DFEF1E.4030404@chillt.de> <20070906184307.GC74605@thought.org> <46E481D0.10305@chillt.de>
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 12:29:20AM +0100, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:
> >Should I put my TTF files in [...]
>
> I think you misunderstand how this port works. It installs the TrueType
> font files for you. You don't need to put TTF or Type1 files anywhere.
> Simply restart your X server and the new fonts should become available.
>
> They will reside in "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts", so if that path
> is not listed as a FontPath in your X11 configuration, you will need to
> add it.
>
So then I must reinstantiate X to get the font, correct?
What if I find some new free ttf font and put it in
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/{TTF,webfonts} ??? If there a font
initializer or does the X server handle this?
thanks,
gary
PS: The fonts in x11-fonts/webfonts are "OK"--no complaints.
But I have several new ones, etc... .
> HTH
> - Bartosz
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