From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 17 22:23:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA06775 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:23:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA06770 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:23:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA01615; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:23:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:23:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Dave Bodenstab cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fonts with .bdf extension In-Reply-To: <199703180335.VAA12193@base486.synet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Dave Bodenstab wrote: > > Good question. The font tutorial at > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.html doesn't mention them, so > > I have this feeling they aren't supported. > > > Use ``/usr/X11R6/bin/bdftopcf'' and either put the result in one of > the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/* directories or put the result in another > directory (remembering to put the new directory in the XF86Config file.) > Then run ``xset fp rehash''. You can also add a new font directory with > xset without modifying XF86Config if you want. > > You also need to run ``mkfontdir'' in the directory that the new .pcf file > lives in order to update ``fonts.dir''. Do this before the xset. Thanks for the update. Would it be possible to add this to the tutorial? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major