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<article>
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<title>TrueType Fonts with XFree86 4.x mini-HOWTO
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<author>Bartek Kostrzewa, <tt/bartek_at_spillkescht.lu/
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<date>1.5, 2004-06-28
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<abstract>
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This mini-HOWTO describes how to use TrueType (*.ttf) fonts with
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XFree86 4.x.
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</abstract>
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<toc>
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<sect>Introduction
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<sect1>Copyright
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<p>
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Download, copy and redistribute this text freely. If you do any
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changes, please submit them to me, and I will pass them to the LDP,
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of course, credit will be given.
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Copyright (c) 2001 by Bartek Kostrzewa
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<sect1>Disclaimer
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<p>
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Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow any
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potential liability for the contents of this document. Use of the
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concepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirely
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at your own risk.
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All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically noted
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otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as
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affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
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Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
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You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before
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major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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<sect1>News
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<p>
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<itemize>
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<item>1.5: Change my e-mail adress and modified some X-Free versioning numbers.
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<item>0.0.4: Some content added, explaining how to add fontpath's to the XF86Config.
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<item>0.0.3: Due to possible legal problems some modifications were done.
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<item>0.0.2: This release cleans up some errors I wrote about Netscape font scaling.
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<item>0.0.1: Initial release.
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</itemize>
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This document can be found at:
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<url url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86.html">
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<sect1>Credits
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<p>
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I'd like to thank Bear Giles for his Debian TTF howto which brought
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me on the right path :o).
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Of course, credit should also go to the XFree86 crew for the enormous
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effort of maintaining XFree86, and Joerg Pommnitz for writing <tt>ttmkfdir</tt>.
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Also I'd like to pass a BIG big thank you to the LDP for building and
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maintaining a network of helping hands which already guided many
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people through the hard to overcome the learning curve Linux has.
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Thanks to Joe Meadows for notifying me that this howto probably described
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an illegal act in version 0.0.2 and earlier.
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<sect1>Translations
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<p>
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Apparently some translations of this document have been written but
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I don't know where to find them since the authors did not contact me,
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(no wonder, I did not update since 2001). Please do continue to translate.
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Any comments or suggestions can be mailed to my mail address:
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<htmlurl url="mailto:bartek_at_spillkescht.lu/"
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name="bartek_at_spillkescht.lu">
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<sect>Procedure
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<p>
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Since my last update a lot has happened but the procedure is still
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the same even for X.org. Just adjust the filename if necessary.
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Get a set of TrueType fonts (for example from one of the many sites
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making fonts availiable for download) and do the following as
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root at the command line:
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<itemize>
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<item><tt>mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype</tt>
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<item><tt>cp /home/joeuser/your-download-directory/*.ttf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype</tt>
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<item><tt>cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype</tt>
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<item><tt>ttmkfdir > fonts.scale</tt>
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<item><tt>mkfontdir</tt>
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</itemize>
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<p>
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Now if you have a working installation of Windows on one of your partitions,
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you must use the fonts directly from there, copying them to a directory of
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your Linux partition is considered *illegal*. First read up on how to get
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your windows partition detected and working in Linux (most distributions do
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that at installation time, and by default), then as root do the following:
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<itemize>
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<item><tt>cd /etc/X11</tt>
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<item><tt>your-favourite-editor XF86Config</tt> [In some X
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distributions this file is used with a number added to it (for
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example: <tt>XF86Config.4</tt>)]. You will have to find out which file
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your X11R6 uses. You can do this by typing: <tt>cat /var/log/XFree* | grep "Using config file:"</tt>
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and then instead edit the file stated in the log.
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<item>Now, in the editor find the section <tt>Files</tt> and the lines
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with <tt>FontPath</tt>, just add
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<tt>FontPath "/yourwinpartition/windows/fonts/"</tt>
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at the bottom of this list.
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(<tt>yourwinpartition</tt> must be replaced with the mount point of
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your windows partition)
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<item><tt>cd /winpartition/windows/fonts</tt>
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<item><tt>ttmkfdir > fonts.scale</tt>
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<item><tt>mkfontdir</tt>
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</itemize>
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This will make all the fonts on your Windows partition work correctly in X.
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<p>
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There you go. You will now have all of your TrueType fonts working. If
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you want to add fonts, just move/copy those [*.ttf files] into the
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aforementioned directory, and repeat the process.
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Netscape has problems with these fonts, you have to check the "Allow
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Scaling" setting in the Fonts dialog, don't feel distracted by the fact
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that it only shows font sizes 0 and 12. Mozilla has no such problems.
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Opera neither.
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The <tt>mkfontdir</tt> executable should be included with your
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XFree 4.x distribution.
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If you are missing <tt>ttmkfdir</tt>, you can obtain it here:
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<url url="http://www.joerg-pommnitz.de/TrueType/ttmkfdir.tar.gz">
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The latest version of XFree86 (currently 4.4.0) can be found at:
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<url url="http://www.xfree86.org">
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The latest version of X.org can be found here:
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<url url="http://freedesktop.org/XOrg">
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</article>
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