TrueType Fonts with XFree86 4.0.x mini-HOWTO

1. Introduction

1.1 Copyright

Download, copy and redistribute this text freely. If you do any changes, please submit them to me, and I will pass them to the LDP, of course, credit will be given.

Copyright (c) 2001 by Bartek Kostrzewa

1.2 Disclaimer

Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow any potential liability for the contents of this document. Use of the concepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirely at your own risk.

All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.

Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.

You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before major installation and backups at regular intervals.

1.3 News

• 1.5: Change my e-mail adress and modified some X-Free versioning numbers.
• 0.0.4: Some content added, explaining how to add fontpath's to the XF86Config.
• 0.0.3: Due to possible legal problems some modifications were done.
• 0.0.2: This release cleans up some errors I wrote about Netscape font scaling.
• 0.0.1: Initial release.

This document can be found at: http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Howto/mini/TT-XFree86.html

1.4 Credits

I'd like to thank Bear Giles for his Debian TTF howto which brought me on the right path :o).

Of course, credit should also go to the XFree86 crew for the enormous effort of maintaining XFree86, and Joerg Pommnitz for writing ttmkfdir.

Also I'd like to pass a BIG big thank you to the LDP for building and maintaining a network of helping hands which already guided many people through the hard to overcome the learning curve Linux has.

Thanks to Joe Meadows for notifying me that this howto probably described an illegal act in version 0.0.2 and earlier.

1.5 Translations

Apparently some translations of this document have been written but I don't know where to find them since the authors did not contact me, (no wonder, I did not update since 2001). Please do continue to translate.

Any comments or suggestions can be mailed to my mail address: bartek_at_spillkescht.lu