[TriLUG] fonts for gimp

[Tobias Gloth]

I believe you have to run mkfontdir (or mkttfdir for TrueType fonts) in
those directories before doing the xset fp rehash.

-Tobi

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 04:11:43PM -0400, Elliot Peele wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how to add fonts to gimp so that I can design
> a logo. I have tried to install freefonts and sharefonts, but the
> install instructions for both of them don't work. The instructions say
> to
> 
> 	xset fp+ /usr/X11/lib/fonts/freefont
> 	xset fp rehash
> 
> first problem is that directory doesn't exist so i put them in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont. When I try to use the xset command as
> illustrated above I get
> 
> 	X Error of failed request:  86
> 	Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
> 	Serial number of failed request:  9
> 	Current serial number in output stream:  11
> 
> I get the same results from trying to install sharefonts. Does anyone
> have any idea what i'm doing wrong and how to fix it or where i can find
> a better collection of fonts.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Elliot
> 
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