Linux and fonts,
God help us. Getting True Type fonts working under Linux is a major pain in the ass. The
directions I have read seem straight forward, but something always goes wrong. I have seen
screen shots of other machines that have TTFonts working, so I know it is possible (-: I
will update this section with tips and tricks when ever I get it figured out. In the mean
time visit these sites to get you started and good luck. Some of these site are mirrored
locally.
Netscape -- Mozilla Font Help (A Must See Site)
The above information was found at the following sites.
http://www.freetype.org/old_index.htm
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/
http://eunuchs.org/linux/typeface/index.html
http://www.redhat.com/knowledgebase/newfontsystem/index.html
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xfont.html#Ugly
http://www.frii.com/~meldroc/Font-Deuglification.html
http://eunuchs.org/linux/typeface/index.html
ftp://ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk/pub/jec/programs/xfsft/
http://home.powertech.no/rkaa/linux.html#ttf
http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~fm3/mozilla/index.html
True Type Font Notes:
1. TrueType fonts under Redhat 6.0 - Mandrake 6.0 The default font server config file is /etc/X11/fs/config