Re: [tlug] Ghostscript hell

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

[Matt Gushee (Re: [tlug] Ghostscript hell) writes:]
>> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 12:26:02PM +1000, Jim Breen wrote:
>> > 
>> > I've been successfully using them for a while. I like to add my own
>> > collection to the ones that come with RH7.x, and I find the documentation a
>> > tad sparse on how to do this. I have summarized the steps at
>> > http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/rhjpnttf.html
>> 
>> Good stuff, but no Ghostscript :(

True. 

>> May I comment?
>> 
>> : the fonts need to be available in the /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType/
>> : directory. (This directory will have been created if you identify at
>> : installation time that Japanese is a language you want to use.) I'm not
>> : sure if it is OK for them to be in another directory such as
>> : /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/.
>> 
>> Yes, it is. If you put the fonts somewhere other than the default
>> location, you'll need to edit the XFS config file (usually
>> /etc/X11/xfs/config or /etc/X11/fs/config). The 'catalogue' parameter
>> specifies the font path. It's a typical colon-separated list of paths.

Yep. My /etc/X11/fs/config has both /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType/ and
/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/ listed.

I'll amend that page.

Jim

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