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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Procedure</A></H2>
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<P>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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<P>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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<LI><CODE>mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype</CODE></LI>
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<LI><CODE>cp /home/joeuser/your-download-directory/*.ttf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype</CODE></LI>
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<LI><CODE>cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype</CODE></LI>
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<LI><CODE>ttmkfdir > fonts.scale</CODE></LI>
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<LI><CODE>mkfontdir</CODE></LI>
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<P>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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<LI><CODE>cd /etc/X11</CODE>
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<LI><CODE>your-favourite-editor XF86Config</CODE> In some X
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distributions this file is used with a number added to it (for
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example: <CODE>XF86Config.4</CODE>)]. You will have to find out which file
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your X11R6 uses. You can do this by typing: <CODE>cat /var/log/XFree* | grep "Using config file:"</CODE>
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and then instead edit the file stated in the log.
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<LI>Now, in the editor find the section <CODE>Files</CODE> and the lines
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with <CODE>FontPath</CODE>, just add
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<CODE>FontPath "/yourwinpartition/windows/fonts/"</CODE>
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at the bottom of this list.
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(<CODE>yourwinpartition</CODE> must be replaced with the mount point of
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your windows partition)
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<LI><CODE>cd /winpartition/windows/fonts</CODE>
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<LI><CODE>ttmkfdir > fonts.scale</CODE>
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<LI><CODE>mkfontdir</CODE></LI>
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<P>This will make all the fonts on your Windows partition work correctly in X.
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<P>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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<P>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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<P>The <CODE>mkfontdir</CODE> executable should be included with your
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XFree 4.x distribution.
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<P>If you are missing <CODE>ttmkfdir</CODE>, you can obtain it here:
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<A HREF="http://www.joerg-pommnitz.de/TrueType/ttmkfdir.tar.gz">http://www.joerg-pommnitz.de/TrueType/ttmkfdir.tar.gz</A><P>The latest version of XFree86 (currently 4.4.0) can be found at:
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<A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org">http://www.xfree86.org</A><P>The latest version of X.org can be found here:
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<A HREF="http://freedesktop.org/XOrg">http://freedesktop.org/XOrg</A><P>
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