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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:33:18 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        OpenOffice Mailing List <openoffice@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Fonts:: how do I instal a TTF font on OO?
Message-ID:  <18148.51470.389465.686553@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070910042320.GA7101@thought.org>
References:  <20070905233025.GA67086@thought.org> <46DFEF1E.4030404@chillt.de> <20070906184307.GC74605@thought.org> <46E481D0.10305@chillt.de> <20070910042320.GA7101@thought.org>

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Gary Kline writes:

>  > 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?

	Actually, no.  "man xset", and check out the various flavors of
the "fp" command.


				Robert Huff



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