Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:39:39 -0500 From: Robert Ames <robertames@hotmail.com> To: Brandon J.Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: fonts.dir for TrueType fonts Message-ID: <BLU177-W92FF8B1084F6D39892A8DC9E70@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <86twn7erh7.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <BLU177-W405013A3DC6434EE436C31C9E70@phx.gbl>, <86twn7erh7.fsf@WorkBox.Home>
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> From: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com > To: robertames@hotmail.com > CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: fonts.dir for TrueType fonts > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:33:40 -0600 > > > 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 I'm assuming the Handbook is out of date so I guess what I'm really 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? > > 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? Just following along in the Handbook. I've installed TrueType fonts in /usr/local/share/fonts/TrueType/ and added a FontPath to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Was just making sure there was nothing else I needed to do.home | help
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