Re: adding fonts == exercise in frustration

[raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost]

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:14:44 -0500
"Larson, Timothy E." <TELarson%west.com@localhost> wrote:

> > Which fonts are you adding? This is what I did:
> 
> Some I purchased and some I made myself.
> 
> > 1) Installed some TTF fonts from pkgsrc. They were installed
> > under /opt/pkg/lib/X11/fonts
> > 
> > 2) Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to contain:
> > 
> > Section "Files"
> >         ...
> >         FontPath     "/opt/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > 3) Edit /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and add the following:
> > 
> > <dir>/opt/pkg/lib/X11/fonts</dir>
> 
> Comments in that file indicate you should not edit it as it can be
> overwritten.  Local customizations are evidently loaded from the
> files in /etc/fonts/conf.d dir.  The 51-local.conf file there seems
> to load in a local.conf file, which is the same name other tutorials
> mentioned.  (I don't mind the indirection as long as it works.)  I
> created this, with my path, as you describe.
> 
> > 4) Run the following commands:
> > 
> > # mkfontscale /opt/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
> > # mkfontdir /opt/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
> > # fc-cache -v
> 
> I created the fonts.dir and fonts.scale, and they contain the
> descriptor of my fonts.  When I run fc-cache, it mentions the dirs
> it's updating, but I don't see my new one listed.  Neither does
> fc-list show the fonts.
> 
> > Next time you use X11 application to select fonts, those fonts
> > should be available in the list.
> 
> Nope...
> 
> 
> Tim

Did you run fc-cache as root, or as a normal user that is using the
fonts?