Originally posted by: Mohit

Hi

I wanted to install a truetype font( *.ttf ) that i have with me on an
AIX box. Can anyone give me a few pointers about, if this is possible
at all. I tried to Google it up, but did not find any good enough
results.

I also tried the following but to no avail
Yes i tried that earlier and then also did some steps , which i saw
from the net like
xset +fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
xset +fp /usr/lpp/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
xset q
also used xset fp rehash

But later when i use
xlsfonts -l Arial
i am told that Arialuni.ttf is not found

Any other pointers or any corrections to above mentioned steps?

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Since no one else has responded, I'll provide a partial answer and hope someone else can fill in the details for both you and I.

Specific questions are indicated with "***"

<HINT>
X only handles xpm bitmap fonts.

To handle scalable fonts and other formats, X uses modules called "extensions"
(e.g. type1 extension for Postscript Type1, freetype extension for TrueType)

These extensions provide X server, X font-server, and other tools with virtual
bitmap fonts, translated/scaled/cached from the font files.

The extensions are loaded according to a config file when an X tool starts,
and loading success/failure usually reported to a log file.

• Where is the config file? /etc/XFree86? ***
• Where is the log file? /var/adm/*? ***
• Where are the available extensions? /usr/lib/X11/extensions/*? ***

</HINT>

To see all the extensions loaded into the current server:

ksh> xdpyinfo -ext all

See mkfontdir(8) for further details.

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