[CentOS] Truetype fonts

Thu May 24 08:30:04 UTC 2007
Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net>

centos at 911networks.com a écrit :
> I am trying to install on a CentOS5 box
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/files/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
> then did an xfs restart, even an alt-ctrl-backspace. 
> 
> The fonts are located in /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/ with
> the owner root & 644.
> 
> I can't see them when I go to preferences > fonts.
> 
> I have another computer with CentOS5, the fonts are installed
> and I can use them w/o problem.
> 
> Any suggestion?
> 
I usually copy over all the .ttf fonts from a Windows install. 
(C:\Windows\Fonts, free as in beer :o) ). Copy them to any subdirectory 
of /usr/share/fonts, say /usr/share/fonts/microsoft-cannibalized/ ... 
then run:

# fc-cache -f -v

That's it. Enjoy.

Niki
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