Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:48:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: OpenOffice Mailing List <openoffice@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fonts:: how do I instal a TTF font on OO? Message-ID: <20070910054824.GA7766@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <18148.51470.389465.686553@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20070905233025.GA67086@thought.org> <46DFEF1E.4030404@chillt.de> <20070906184307.GC74605@thought.org> <46E481D0.10305@chillt.de> <20070910042320.GA7101@thought.org> <18148.51470.389465.686553@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 12:33:18AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > 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. > Hm, yeah, i had this scripted back in '97 when I first messed with new fonts. So, if I had abc.ttf font, would I first need to cd to the /usr/local/lib/X11/.../TTF, and then type "mkfontdir", followed by fp rehash . , fooreample...? The webfonts ports is a do-it-all-for-the-user. I want to add new ttf fonts. gary > > Robert Huff > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-openoffice > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-openoffice-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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