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Date:      Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:54:50 +0200
From:      "albi@scii.nl" <albi@scii.nl>
To:        Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fonts Question...
Message-ID:  <20050824105450.460d092e.albi@scii.nl>
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 04:05:02 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net> wrote:

> When installing X fonts whats the best way to do this
> 
> say I found a font I really like thats manily for windows ...the file is called XCELI.TTF
> 
> So I figured I could go to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF and place the file there..then open ip xfontsel and have at it..
> 
> This didnt work...so my question is.. how do you install custem X fonts and can you use windows fonts?

you're using xorg ?
you have a ~/.fonts directory ?
if not, create it and copy fonts you want to use in there, and you
should be able to use them right away




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