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Date:      Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:16:12 -0800
From:      Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com>
To:        Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fonts Question...
Message-ID:  <200508240116.18033.akbeech@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050824105450.460d092e.albi@scii.nl>
References:  <5994703.1124787902990.JavaMail.root@elwamui-sweet.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <20050824105450.460d092e.albi@scii.nl>

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> 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 need to run fc-config and restart your x-windows after adding a font. It 
should be available after restart.

Beech
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