Using Truetype Fonts

Most Linux variation can use Truetype fonts that are normally used in Windows.

In Red Hat 9, the location to store Truetype fonts is "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/". Once you have copied new fonts into here, the "font.dir" file in that directory will need to be recreated, this can be done with the commands:

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/

ttmkfdir > fonts.dir

Finally, the X Font Server will need restarting which can be done with the command:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart