|  | 1. Get freetype-1.0.full.tar.gz | 
|  | 2. Read docus, unpack, configure and install | 
|  | 3. Test the library, e.g. "ftview 20 /dosc/win95/fonts/times " | 
|  | 4. Get xfsft-beta1e.linux-i586 | 
|  | 5. Install it and start it when booting, e.g. in an rc-script. | 
|  | The manpage for xfs applies. | 
|  | 6. Follow the hints given by williamc@dai.ed.ac.uk | 
|  | ========== | 
|  | I got xfsft from http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/progindex.html. | 
|  | I have it running all the time.  Here is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config: | 
|  | clone-self = on | 
|  | use-syslog = off | 
|  | catalogue = /c/windows/fonts | 
|  | error-file = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/fs-errors | 
|  | default-point-size = 120 | 
|  | default-resolutions = 75,75,100,100 | 
|  | Obviously /c/windows/fonts is where my Windows fonts on my | 
|  | Win95 C: drive live; could be e.g. /mnt/dosC/windows/system | 
|  | for Win31. | 
|  | In /c/windows/fonts/fonts.scale I have | 
|  | 14 | 
|  | arial.ttf -monotype-arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | arialbd.ttf -monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | arialbi.ttf -monotype-arial-bold-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | ariali.ttf -monotype-arial-medium-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | cour.ttf -monotype-courier-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | courbd.ttf -monotype-courier-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | courbi.ttf -monotype-courier-bold-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | couri.ttf -monotype-courier-medium-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | times.ttf -monotype-times-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | timesbd.ttf -monotype-times-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | timesbi.ttf -monotype-times-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | timesi.ttf -monotype-times-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 | 
|  | symbol.ttf -monotype-symbol-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-microsoft-symbol | 
|  | wingding.ttf -microsoft-wingdings-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-microsoft-symbol | 
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|  | In /c/windows/fonts/fonts.dir I have exactly the same. | 
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|  | In /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config I have | 
|  | FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100" | 
|  | in front of the other FontPath lines. | 
|  | That's it!  As an interesting by-product of course, all those web | 
|  | pages which specify Arial come up in Arial in Netscape ... | 
|  | ======= | 
|  | 7. Shut down X and restart ( and debug errors you did while setting | 
|  | up everything. | 
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|  | 8. Test with e.g "xlsfont |grep arial" | 
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|  | Hope this helps |