Fonts on X - solved 2006-09-02 - By karlp@(protected)
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On Fri, September 1, 2006 5:46 pm, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 16:54 -0600, karlp@(protected) wrote:
>> On Fri, September 1, 2006 9:08 am, karlp@(protected) wrote:
>> > Some time ago, there was a note about putting fonts into X for use with
>> both
>> > the display and OpenOffice.org, etc.
>> >
>> > I kept the docs and had used them on a couple FC4 systems and a RH8.0
>> system
>> > with success.
>> >
>> > I've upgraded 2 of the systems to FC5 and the same processes don't work.
>> >
>> > Here's what I do:
>> >
>> > unzip/untar fonts to /usr/share/X11/fonts/NEWFONTDIR
>> > cd NEWFONTDIR
>> > mkfontdir -a `pwd`
>> > mkfontscale
>> > chkfontpath -a `pwd`
>> > service xfs restart
>> >
>> > So, what am I missing? Even a dreaded MS-like reboot did nothing. I've
>> checked
>> > permissions and whatever else I could think of with a fuzzy brain.
>> >
>> > I did find a small set of windows fonts in an RPM online somewhere during
>> the
>> > late hours last night. It's rpm was created by the author of the web page
>> and
>> > is: msttcorefonts-2 (See http://nts-2.ora-code.com).0-1.noarch.rpm
>>
>> Okay, the overwhelming response was, well, underwhelming, so with a fresh
>> brain this afternoon, I dug in a bit more. The msttcorefonts are now
>> installed, but I copied the fonts from my WIN2000 server and have installed
>> those, as well as about 1200 other fonts on a CD my wife wants me to be able
>> to use to create docs for her...
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>>
>> locate msttcorefonts revealed that I could
>> # cd /usr/share/fonts
>> # ls <=- the fonts I had available were there. Annoying that the path change
>> in FC5 hosed all the fonts in
>> # cd /usr/share/X11/fonts
>>
>> I did
>> # mv /usr/share/fonts/* /usr/share/X11/fonts
>> # rmdir /usr/share/fonts
>> # ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts /usr/share/fonts
>>
>> Then, I wrote a script named updfonts.sh:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> echo "update file is /etc/X11/fs/config"
>> #DR=/usr/share/X11/fonts ;# linked to next line dir
>> DR=/usr/share/fonts
>> cd $DR
>> echo "Directory listing of $DR"
>> ls -t | grep -v util | grep -v encodings
>> echo -n "Enter Directory Where Your New Fonts Are (x=cancel) : "
>> read FD
>> if [ "$FD" = '' -o "$FD" = 'x' ] ; then
>> cd $DR
>> echo 'Nothing Done'
>> exit 1
>> fi
>> cd $FD
>> mkfontdir -a `pwd`
>> mkfontscale
>> chkfontpath -r `pwd`
>> chkfontpath -a `pwd`
>> service xfs restart
>> cd $DR
>> exit 0
>>
>> After running it against every directory it showed, yes, one at a time
>> because
>> I'm a control freak, my fonts showed up in OpenOffice.org, Firefox, etc. I'm
>> a
>> happy, yet blissfully annoying, person again...
>
> Sorry I didn't respond earlier, Karl, but I've been putting out
> brushfires like farking mad around here and I'm functioning (and I use
> that term loosely) on about 7 hours of sleep total in the last 4 days.
>
> I'm pooped!
No problemo... It's nice to know that if I use some gray cells, I can solve
some of my own now and again.
So, why don't you hire some help, eh? Life's too short to sacrifice it on the
boss's alter, isn't it?
Karl
>
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