True Type Fonts not keepkin' it real.

[StarbuckZero]

This is a simple question... How do you get TTF to work in RedHat 7.0. I no idea on how to do it...I just left Mandrake 7.2(...Yea, it hurts) so I need to figure out something like that so this so Netscape can stop hurting my eyes.

[mdwatts]

I posted this reply for someone yesterday...

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/009122.html

I shouldn't need to ask, but did you read the NHF on the subject?

[Undernined]

there should be a how-to on true-type fonts in your ./usr/docs/ folder or were ever redhat puts it.(i don't remember, haven't used redhat in a while.) I set it up a copule of times under ManDrake 7.0 and liked the results (Netscape looked alot better) but I don't remember how. And right now all I have on this system is Win98 cause I gave my distros to my friend so he could try linux at home, otherwise I'd tell you what you need to do .Maybe check out the NHF, they normaly have alot of questions already answered. If you don't find it I'll see if I can put linux back on again and maybe I'll just submit a NHF on it eather way good luck.

[chadm1967]

I'm also running Red Hat 7.0 and the NHF doesn't seem to work for this version.



[This message has been edited by chadm1967 (edited 31 December 2000).]

[StarbuckZero]

Yeah, I looked over the NHF before I posted.

[bdl]

Originally posted by StarbuckZero:



This is a simple question... How do you get TTF to work in RedHat 7.0. I no idea on how to do it...I just left Mandrake 7.2(...Yea, it hurts) so I need to figure out something like that so this so Netscape can stop hurting my eyes.

Looking over the posts, I dont see anything mentioned about xfstt...have you tried it? Personally, the only way I've been able to succesfully (and easily) run TTF on linux is xfstt. You can find it here (ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/X11/fonts/).

By the way, if you just want to change fonts in Netscape and not mess with TTF, just use 100dpi fonts and check this out (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO-8.html). Luck...

[bdl]

Ya know, I was thinking about this after I posted, and I think it's amazing how the supposedly "mainstream" distros are still not getting fonts right on install...they are going after the desktop market and when you open up your browser window you've got teeny headache creating text to deal with. You'd think by now they would notice that (one of) the most frequently posted Q's is how to get fonts looking right in Netscape...D'oh....

Any thoughts?

[mdwatts]

Why not change the fonts and size in the Preferences? I did and the fonts are perfect now.

[chadm1967]

With most distributions, it's pretty easy to get the fonts installed and working right (except for RH7) but why don't the newer versions just include all the ttf's? Is it really that hard for a programmer to include them?

[bdl]

Originally posted by chadm1967:
With most distributions, it's pretty easy to get the fonts installed and working right (except for RH7) but why don't the newer versions just include all the ttf's? Is it really that hard for a programmer to include them?

Well here you're talking about a seperate issue, and TTF's are copyrighted (for the most part) and cannot be included with the distros - heck, you're not even supposed to use MS fonts on your linux system! At any rate, I don't care so much about the lack of fonts included as I am about how the distros are configured.

[chadm1967]

bdl,

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize the fonts are protected under a copyright. That answers the question I had.

Thanks!

[mdwatts]

I give up...

[bdl]

Originally posted by mdwatts:
I give up...

never give up, never surrender - galaxy quest

Seriously though, I think the issue has been resolved, even with my meddling..... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif

[mdwatts]

What I meant was, my first response was a link to something I posted a couple of days ago.

To register new fonts

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
/usr/sbin/ttmkfdir >fonts.scale
/usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir

Run 'xfontsel' to browse the list of fonts.

Restart X or 'xset fp rehash'.

You could give it a try. Change the TrueType path to whatever you are using.

The next post was to suggest Netscape/Preferences/Fonts and change the fonts size etc. Worked for me.

Anybody try ???