Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 05:13:08 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Robert Ames <robertames@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fonts.dir for TrueType fonts Message-ID: <20151225051308.004d8a5c@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU177-W405013A3DC6434EE436C31C9E70@phx.gbl> References: <BLU177-W405013A3DC6434EE436C31C9E70@phx.gbl>
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Hi, On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:25:14 -0500 Robert Ames <robertames@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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 use these programs to achieve this: mkfontscale mkfontdir xset fp rehash > I'm assuming the Handbook is out of date so I guess what I'm really > asking is how does one add TrueType fonts? > It seems to be out of date. Erich
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