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configuration section. If this is not possible for some reason, use one of the VESA
modes included in the X server. This will function with practically all graphics card
and monitor combinations.
27.3 Installing and Configuring Fonts
The installation of additional fonts in SUSE Linux Enterprise is very easy. Simply copy
the fonts to any directory located in the X11 font path (see
Section 27.3.1, "X11 Core
Fonts"
(page 503)). To enable use of the fonts, the installation directory should be a
subdirectory of the directories configured in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf (see
Sec-
tion 27.3.2, "Xft"
(page 504)).
The font files can be copied manually (as root) to a suitable directory, such as /usr/
X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype. Alternatively, the task can be performed
with the KDE font installer in the KDE Control Center. The result is the same.
Instead of copying the actual fonts, you can also create symbolic links. For example,
you may want to do this if you have licensed fonts on a mounted Windows partition
and want to use them. Subsequently, run SuSEconfig --module fonts.
SuSEconfig --module fonts executes the script /usr/sbin/
fonts-config, which handles the configuration of the fonts. To see what this script
does, refer to the manual page of the script (man fonts-config).
The procedure is the same for bitmap fonts, TrueType and OpenType fonts, and Type1
(PostScript) fonts. All these font types can be installed in any directory. Only CID-
keyed fonts require a slightly different procedure. For this, see
Section 27.3.3, "CID-
Keyed Fonts"
(page 508).
X.Org contains two completely different font systems: the old X11 core font system
and the newly designed Xft and fontconfig system. The following sections briefly de-
scribe these two systems.
27.3.1 X11 Core Fonts
Today, the X11 core font system supports not only bitmap fonts but also scalable fonts,
like Type1 fonts, TrueType and OpenType fonts, and CID-keyed fonts. Scalable fonts
are only supported without antialiasing and subpixel rendering and the loading of large
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