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>xfstt</TITLE
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TITLE="Appendix: Font Servers"
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>XFree86 Font De-uglification HOWTO</TH
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>A. Appendix: Font Servers</TD
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NAME="AEN985">A.1. xfstt</H1
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> One such font server is xfstt. xfstt was designed specifically with TrueType
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fonts in mind. </P
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NAME="AEN988">A.1.1. Installation</H2
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> xfstt is <EM
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>very</EM
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> easy to install and configure. If it isn't
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already installed, you'll want to download the tarball, or check your CD. The
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most current version can be found at <A
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HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/</A
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> Once you have the tarball, unpack it:</P
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><P
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> <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
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> $ tar -zxvf xfstt-*tgz<br>
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</P
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>
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</TT
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></P
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> Then build and install it. Read the <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>INSTALL</TT
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> file for
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quick instructions, but it's a no brainer. </P
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> From the xfstt directory is all you have to do.</P
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> <TT
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CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
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> # make<br>
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# make install<br>
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</P
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</TT
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> </P
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><P
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> Then start xfstt with:</P
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><P
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> <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
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> # xfstt --sync # updates xfstt's font database<br>
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# xfstt & # runs xfstt in the background.<br>
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</P
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</TT
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></P
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><P
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> xfstt should be started before the X server starts. Once you have this working
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correctly, you can add the above lines to
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/etc/rc.d/rc.local</TT
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>, or other suitable start up file. Then
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type:</P
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><P
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> <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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> <P
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CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
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> $ xset +fp unix/:7101 # tells X about xfstt, and where to look for fonts.<br>
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</P
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>
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</TT
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></P
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><P
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> or add:</P
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NAME="AEN1017"><BLOCKQUOTE
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CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE"
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> <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>FontPath "unix/:7101"
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</TT
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</P
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></BLOCKQUOTE
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><P
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> to your <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>XF86Config</TT
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> to tell X about the font
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server. Rerun <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>xfstt --sync</B
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> any time the FontPath, or
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contents, change.</P
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NAME="AEN1023">A.1.2. Adjusting the Default Font Size</H2
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> If your TrueType fonts appear to be very tiny, the following commands
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may help.</P
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> Add the <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>-dpi</TT
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> switch to your X server command
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line (see above to do this.)</P
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><P
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> Use the <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>--res</TT
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> switch to tell xfstt to increase
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the default resolution. Use the following command line.</P
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><P
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> <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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> # xfstt --res 120<br>
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</P
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</TT
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