TTF in Fedora Core 3

[desertwind]

can anyone tell me how to install True Type fonts in Fedora Core 3

Riyaz Usman

 

[gauravnawani]

Just copy them in to '.fonts' folder of your home directory.
some thing like

/home/riyaz/.fonts

Thats it! Now you can start using them.

 

[desertwind]

are you sure this one works ?

any way didnt worked for me

 

[ujjwal]

After copying the font to ~/.fonts , run "fc-cache" once. Also make sure you have the "freetype" module loaded (should be by default).

 

[firewall]

You may find the following link useful about ttf on FC

*www.linuxjunkies.in/viewtopic.php?p=2441#2441

 

[gauravnawani]

are you sure this one works ?
any way didnt worked for me

I never ever had any problems with it since fedora9. I am surprised that didnt worked for you.

And I never did I have to run 'fc-cache' one in these two years.

On more thing not evey TTF will run under linux, most of them will but not every one.

 

[desertwind]

thanx buddies, it worked

 

[desertwind]

ok buddies, that worked for OOo, Gimp etc

But how to make it work for Firefox ?

i'm using firefox 1.0.4

 

[gauravnawani]

If an webbrowse uses the Linux fonts then it will autometically work. Same way if a webpage will request the fonts you have installed it will work too. Or you can customize firefox to use certain fonts.

In case you want to install the standard webfonts (M$ fonts) you can install "mscore ttf" fonts the same way.

Hint: there is mscore RPM also available at sourceforge.