[linux-help] Re: RH8 Fonts

[Lars von dem Ast <mrprenzl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 20:50, Anne McCadden wrote:
> 
> Someone gave me a gift of some decorative fonts.  They were designed for 
> windoze, but I will see if I can use them in linux.  I bought Red Hat 
> 8.0 and if has some new and interesting features.  It has a new desktop, 
> suppose to be very easy to install, sounds almost like a Mac install.
> 
> Lars von dem Ast wrote:
> 
> >RH7.3 had a great tool in the KDE Control Center/System for installing
> >new fonts. Nothing short of a dream. Does 8.0 have this feature? How
> >would I put in a slew of MS fonts otherwise?
> >
> >Lb
There's a trick where you create a .fonts hidden directory in your home
directory, then move all .ttfs into it. Restart X and they're available
for KDE, but it doesn't work for Mozilla. Maybe the "old-fashioned" way
works....

Lb

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