Open Type Fonts : (For Linux)

For Linux

• Install Instructions
• Following is the procedure to install OT fonts in Linux (eg: Fedora Core 3)
  • Step 01. Download "dvotfonts.tar.gz" and save in a directory on 
    your machine.
  • Step 02. Go to the directory in which you have saved the tar.gz file.
  • Step 03. Uncompress the tar.gz file
    $ tar -zxvf dvotfonts.tar.gz
    On uncompress you will get a new directory "dvotfonts".
  • Step 04 Make "dvotfonts" as working directory.
    $ cd ./dvotfonts
    Step 05. Login as root.
    #su
  • Step 06. Create a directory /usr/share/fonts/otfonts/ using following 
    command.
    # mkdir /usr/share/fonts/otfonts
  • Step 07. Copy the OT font file in /usr/share/fonts/otfonts/
    # cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/otfonts/
  • Step 08. Go to directory /usr/share/fonts/otfonts/
    # cd /usr/share/fonts/otfonts
  • Step 09. Create fonts.scale
    # ttmkfdir
    or
    # /usr/sbin/ttmkfdir
  • Step 10. Create fonts.dir
    # mkfontdir
  • Step 11. Add the path to X Font serve path
    # chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/otfonts/
    or
    # /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/otfonts/
  • Step 12. Update font information cache
    # fc-cache
  • Step 13. Logout as root
    # exit