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These instructions are for RedHat 7.3-9.0 and current Fedora Core RPM based distribution running on x86 compatable hardware.
Downloads and in-depth instructions for other platforms can be found at CoreFonts.sourceforge.net.
Follow these steps to build an RPM (as root):
- Download: cabextract-0.6-1.i386.rpm
- Install RPM: rpm -ivh cabextract-0.6-1.i386.rpm
- Download: msttcorefonts-1.3-4.spec
- Create RPM: rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-1.3-4.spec
(This downloads Microsoft CAB files and extracts the fonts and builds
an RPM. Uses wget, rpm-build, chkfontpath, fc-cache, ttmkfdir)
- This creates /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm
Installing RPM: msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm
- rpm -ivh msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm
- Restart X server:
- RedHat 9.0 - Fedora Core: /sbin/service xfs reload
- RedHat 8.0: /sbin/service xfs restart
Links:
| Linux/Unix X-Window Font Tools: |
Man pages for /usr/X11R6/bin/
- xfontsel - point and click selection of X11 font names
- showfont - font dumper for X font server
- xlsfonts - List all the fonts on your system
- fslsfonts - List fonts served by X font server
- mkfontdir - create an index of X font files in a directory
- fsinfo - X font server information utility
- fstobdf - generate BDF font from X font server
- xfd - display all the characters in an X font
- xfs - X font server
- chkfontpath - simple interface for adding, removing, and listing directories in the X font server's path
- fc-cache - create an index of FreeType font files in a directory
Other:
- virmf - Metafont, a language for font and logo design
- consolechars - load EGA/VGA console screen font, screen-font map, and/or application-charset map
Copy fonts to the appropriate font directory:
- System font path: (as specified by config file /etc/X11/fs/config)
- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/
- /usr/share/fonts/
- Local user font path: ~/.fonts
Register the fonts with X-Windows and then
use the command fc-list to verify that fonts are available to the system.
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[prompt ~]$ fc-list
KacstLetter:style=KacstLetter
KacstBook:style=KacstBook
Gothic:style=Bold
Courier:style=Regular
URW Palladio L:style=Italic
AR PL KaitiM GB:style=Regular
Cursor:style=Regular
sys:style=Italic
fxd:style=Regular
Luxi Mono:style=Bold Oblique
Courier:style=Bold
sys:style=Regular
Bitstream Charter:style=Bold
Baekmuk Gulim:style=Regular
URW Bookman L:style=Demi Bold Italic
fxd:style=Bold Italic
...
...
...
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Example: Add TrueType Fonts to the system (as root) Red Hat 7.3+ or xfs based Linux system:
- Create font directory: mkdir -m 755 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
- Copy all ".ttf" files to the above directory. (Lower case and no spaces in the file names):
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Script to convert files with upper case names to lower case file names:
do
b=`echo $a | awk '{print tolower($0)}'`
mv $a $b
done
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- chmod 644 *.ttf
- ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
- Create index of X font files in directory: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir
(Red Hat 7.0: package freetype, 7.3+: package xorg-x11-font-utils)
- Add font directory to the xfs config file: /etc/X11/fs/config
catalogue = comma-separated-list-of-font-directories
- Update font-config cache: /usr/bin/fc-cache
- /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /font-directory-path
- xset fp rehash
- service xfs restart
(or: /etc/init.d/xfs restart)
- Restart X:
| Gnome Font Manager Tools: |
- GNOME font configuration: /usr/bin/redhat-update-gnome-font-install
- GNOME font properties: /usr/bin/gnome-font-properties
- GNOME font viewer: /usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer
Path and names reflect Fedora Linux distro.
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