F9 - Install a Font

[Bill Davidsen]

François Patte wrote:
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> Le 27.05.2008 16:40, Patrick O'Callaghan a écrit :
> | On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 14:16 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> |> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 07:32 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
> |>> I've found numerous guides to installing all of the MS core fonts via a
> |>> spec file in F9, but how do I install a single TTF font in Fedora 9?
> |>> System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearances shows me
> available
> |>> fonts, but I can't find a tool to add a font.
> |> In Fedora 8 it was like this:
> |>
> |> System->Preferences->Look and Feel->Appearance
> |> Fonts->Details...->Go to Fonts Folder
> |>
> |> I would love to know how this is meant to work in Fedora 9 now that the
> |> 'Go to Fonts Folder' button has disappeared...
> |
> | I don't know the answer, but remember that in F9 no longer uses xfs, so
> | that may change things.
> 
> In f8 (and I believe in f9) fonts work without any problems and
> "dynamically" with font-config.
> 
> Put your fonts in ~/.fonts and it is done. You can check the result
> using fc-list
> 
> For a system wide use, create a directory:
> 
> /usr/local/share/fonts/
> 
> then add the fonts there (in their own directory if you want to make a
> classification).
> 
> To have these fonts used by the system, create a local.conf file in
> /etc/fonts
> 
> <----local.conf
> 
> <fontconfig>
> ~  <!-- Font directory list -->
> ~  <dir>/usr/local/share/fonts</dir>
> </fontconfig>
> 
> <--- end local.conf
> 
> 
> See
> 
> man fonts-conf
> 
Thanks for that clear pointer, I rarely use global fonts, but you post 
went in the tricks folder!
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