Fonts Question...

[Mike Hernandez]

On 8/23/05, Eric Murphy <eam404 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> When installing X fonts whats the best way to do this
> 
> say I found a font I really like thats manily for windows ...the file is called XCELI.TTF
> 
> So I figured I could go to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF and place the file there..then open ip xfontsel and have at it..
> 
> This didnt work...so my question is.. how do you install custem X fonts and can you use windows fonts?

I drop them in the TTF directory and run fc-cache. Works for me; I
have ttf fonts in my fluxbox menu's etc.

Mike