Re: Font install problems ...

["Jacky, Lau" <zenithlau sniic com>]

Hi,

> I am trying to install TTF fonts on a linux distribution. I think I did
> that sucessfully since 'xlsfonts' lists all the fonts I installed. But
> when I tried to access these fonts in Gnome for usage in say gedit or
> as for the desktop, the fonts are not displayed for selection (by
> gnome). I have done this with Mandrake 9.0, RedHat 8.0, and Debian 3.0
> Unstable (Debian and Mandrake don't display any of the new fonts, and
> RedHat displays only half of them).
I still haven't got the iso image these all three distro /: (
But I think you can try to look on the new font configuration system. 'fontconfig'
If there is a file named 'fonts.conf' under /etc/fonts or something similar,
Add a line like
   <dir>/your/additional/font/path</dir>
near the other <dir>s element.

Next, restart any apps to see that.

Note: fontconfig is a library which is responsible for managing your fonts. As long 
as font directory is specified inside "fonts.conf" (the conf. of fontconfig), ttf under 
the font directory will be scaned and cached (the meta information of fonts).

> 
> Anyone have any insight to this?
I think I know something on this field, but not expert /P

> 
> Does the locale affect the availability of fonts on a system?
> 
Should not, IMO

Zenith