From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 24 16:40:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807AEA51F9D for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:40:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-f180.google.com (mail-ig0-f180.google.com [209.85.213.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B15317E1 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:40:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-f180.google.com with SMTP id mv3so84901204igc.0 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:40:31 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=ALQbDCLF8/W89pEa+R6BJYhzgwBey6STvf33pYpL58E=; b=lc4vb2t/r857muTp41MT6Ya871DnLf2ydakUMWvARvHWL8JBAiMXe91NP/wVKMxBPH m7TVG/UIwT7rUpRltu+QLx4XJIRXr5kE/wr1gLDAoR4AFd6pPzXSdll8cICZA8iacttv t3XfBKxfQr8IC3+pzXUoFSe55QNbD/2ivJEYTNZvSmnDz/Vm1G+Yt0M9CVa/i2lr0ojg hFC882kA40Wf0Pp0DwOSTCAxAgrXA+zWSrOGgVDgq462JcQyBNhbmZBPhU2M35rL8A8W EnVaQ8SZeoW+79HSgeUOOjSF4ggiGeJuIVkzJtk7LinDST8pj+ixWi6RuP0I0fMgoBgf LYNg== X-Received: by 10.50.126.8 with SMTP id mu8mr34993964igb.52.1450974823169; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:33:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (63-231-131-191.mpls.qwest.net. [63.231.131.191]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b11sm18045888ioe.31.2015.12.24.08.33.41 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:33:42 -0800 (PST) References: User-agent: mu4e 0.9.15; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Robert Ames Cc: "freebsd-questions\@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: fonts.dir for TrueType fonts In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:33:40 -0600 Message-ID: <86twn7erh7.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:40:32 -0000 Robert Ames writes: > In the Handbook, under section "5.5.2. TrueType Fonts" it states: > >> Once the files have been copied into this directory, use ttmkfdir >> to create a fonts.dir, so that the X font renderer knows that these >> new files have been installed. ttmkfdir is available from the FreeBSD >> Ports Collection as x11-fonts/ttmkfdir. > > ttmkdir is not in the current Ports Collection. So how does one > create fonts.dir? > > I'm assuming the Handbook is out of date so I guess what I'm really > asking is how does one add TrueType fonts? > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Fonts I've added to ~/.fonts have always just worked, as have fonts installed from ports. Are you having an issue with a particular font, or were you just following along in the Handbook and got stuck when it called for x11-fonts/ttmkfdir? -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================