Re: [tlug] True Type Fonts in rh9

[Eric Oliver Flores <eric@example.com>]

Thanks!  I was able to integrate the M$ TTfonts into RH9.

You gave me an idea, so I reworked the entire problem: 

The fix was to use the ttmkfdir inside the directory where the windows font 
reside, no redirection therefore the appropriate file fonts.scale is 
generated.  CP the fonts.scale to fonts.dir and use chkfontpath to add the 
path of M$win fonts into the current font directory listing therefore the new 
M$ true type font was appended to the end of the list.  The xfontsel verifies
my work.


The error generated when adding the winfont directory to the font path:

> >   ./chkfontpath --add /usr/winfont  (performed as root in a terminal
> > window)
> >
> >   chkfontpath: error opening /usr/winfont/fonts.dir, unwilling to add
> > path
>
Your questions:
>>> Does fonts.dir actually exist in that directory?  

    Fonts.dir was a directory, it was a file with a zero length.

>>>Why Fonts.dir Have a non-zero length?  

	The problem was due to ttmkfdir.
	ttmkfdir generates a file named fonts.scale
	fonts.scle does contains the information need
	for some reason the redirecting the output of
	ttmkfdir > fonts.dir did not work instead fonts.scale was created.

>>> Contain lines mapping filenames to font families?
	
	Fonts.scale does contains the mapping.