installing TTF in slackware


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In suse if i copy and paste TTF from win partition into the linux font dir it worked fine but in slackware I am unable to see my fonts installed. Is there any other method to install true type fonts in slackware?

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There is a way. First of all, you need to copy the TTF fonts from your Windows fonts directory to /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/TTF. Then, you need to delete the fonts.scale and fonts.dir files. Then in the console, run these commands in order: mkfontscale, mkfontdir, fc-cacle. One last thing to do is to check your XF86-Config to see if the /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/TTF fontpath is listed. If it isn't, you'll need to add it to your XF86Config file. Then once you load up KDE, Gnome, or any other X Application, you should have full access to your TrueType fonts. :)

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