Add TrueType fonts for netscape in Linux

April 9, 2004

Filed under: Computer — blogadmin @ 11:09 pm

go http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/”, and download xfstt-1.1.tar.gz — xfstt server program
install xfstt, type in

make && make install
Create a writeable directory /usr/share/fonts/truetype, copy some truetype *.ttf files (in windows 98, under c:\windows\fonts), or create soflinks to truetype directories in there, then run

xfstt –sync
Start xfstt in the background

xfstt &
Tell your X11 server about the new font service

xset fp+ unix/:7101

or add the new fontpath to the X11 config file

FontPath “unix/:7101”
specifying the appropriate X resources in your .Xdefaults file:

Netscape*documentFonts.sizeIncrement: 20

Netscape*documentFonts.xResolution*iso-8859-1: 100

Netscape*documentFonts.yResolution*iso-8859-1: 100
create a new file owned by root, put it into a directory, say /etc/rc.d

#!/bin/bash

/usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt –sync

/usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt &
add the following lines in the file /etc/inittab

# Run xfstt_start in runlevel 5

# xfstt_start start xfstt

xf:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/xfstt_start
add the following lines in the .cshrc (if using csh or tcsh)

# true type font

xset fp+ unix/:7101
for kde 2.1, /etc/X11/XF86Config file need to be edited as: (two lines have to be in this order)

FontPath “unix/:-1”

FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype/”

Or you can go to Font HOWTO page to find more information.