Font paths

[François Patte]

Anne Wilson a écrit :
> Following the instructions in 
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Font-FAQ I am trying to add fonts to 
> be globally available.  I have created a folder and put my new fonts there.  
> It then says I should create a text file 
> called /usr/share/X11/fonts/local.conf, with the new folder added in the 
> format
> 
> <dir> /usr/share/X11/fonts/NewFonts </dir>
> 
> However, when I run 'fc-cache /usr/share/X11/fonts/NewFonts' I get the error
> 
> Fontconfig error: "local.conf", line 2: junk after document element

I don't understand why they describe such a complicated method! I just 
add directories in:
/usr/share/fonts/default/

then went into these directories and perform successively:

ttmkfdir (if fonts are true type)
mkfontdir
fc-cache

then run chkfontpath --add $PWD

And that's all.

-- 
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte