Adding Fonts

[Noah Dain]

to have the X server update fonts without restarting it:

xset fp rehash

oh, and applications will most likely need to be restarted to see the new fonts.


On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:40:00 -0700, Darren Critchley <darrenc at telus.net> wrote:
> Bastian Doetsch wrote:
> 
> >Am Samstag, den 16.10.2004, 14:17 -0700 schrieb Darren Critchley:
> >
> >
> >>Bastian Doetsch wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I just did it today with the aforementioned method. Did you logout and
> >>>login again?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I hit the ctrl-alt-backspace combination which restarts X, which I
> >>thought was necessary to get the fonts to show up.
> >>But that is not the part that was failing, it was the actual drag and
> >>drop, when I drop, should the new font not show up in the Nautilus
> >>fonts:/// pane?
> >>Or is it one of those things where you drag and drop, log out, log in
> >>and they will magically be there?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Exactly. I had no feedback on the drag-n-drop but after having logged in
> >again, they were there. Automagically ;-).
> >
> >
> >
> Finally got it to work, - the key it would seem is logging out and not
> doing a ctrl-alt-backspace.
> 
> If I am feeling ambitious later, I might put that in the wiki as I am
> sure it has come up before.
> 
> Thanks
> Darren
> 
> 
> 
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