X11 fonts

[Mariani Alberto]

A very simple question: how can i add fonts to be used with X applications? Do i need to "inform" the x server that the fonts have been added?

Thanks,

Alberto

[Ollie R]

Hi Alberto,
You need to modify the font server config file (/etc/X11/fs/config) and change the "catalogue" line to include your new path.
Hope this helps,
Ollie.

[Alex Glennie]

copy the fonts to a directory,
cd into it and run mkfontdir
it should create 2 additional files font.dir and font.alias ....

use xset +fp to add the fontpath to your x enviroment or to xfs catalog line in /etc/X11/fs/config.

To let the Xserver know about the change run
xset fp rehash

check using xlsfonts ?? grep -i

ps if fonts are compressed uncompress them