fonts.dir for TrueType fonts

Will Senn will.senn at gmail.com
Thu Dec 24 16:18:18 UTC 2015



On 12/24/15 9:25 AM, Robert Ames wrote:
> In the Handbook, under section "5.5.2. TrueType Fonts" it states:
>
>> Once the files have been copied into this directory, use ttmkfdir
>> to create a fonts.dir, so that the X font renderer knows that these
>> new files have been installed. ttmkfdir is available from the FreeBSD
>> Ports Collection as x11-fonts/ttmkfdir.
>   
> ttmkdir is not in the current Ports Collection.  So how does one
> create fonts.dir?
>
> I'm assuming the Handbook is out of date so I guess what I'm really
> asking is how does one add TrueType fonts?
>
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I believe you are looking for
  mkfontdir  and  mkfontscale

Will


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