[KLUG Members] fonts

John Bridleman members@kalamazoolinux.org
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:01:06 -0500


* Adam Williams (adam@morrison-ind.com) wrote:
> Fonts for the GUI are stored beneath /usr/lib/X11/fonts 
> (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is the same place via a link) sorted into 
> subdirectories by type.  As X is "old" and exists on many platform is 
> supports the full range of font types so you'll see a list of about a 
> dozen directories.  Many of these font types are "obsolete" but their for 
> legacy stuff.  You should also see a "Truetype" directory (case may vary) 
> which is where TrueType fonts live (duh!). 
> 
As far as I can tell, I don't have any TrueType fonts installed. So, is there an rpm that installs the default TrueType fonts or should I just create the directory and go from there?
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