Intalling fonts on Linux .. quick and dirty way

Quick and dirty steps to install fonts.. I keep forgetting the Yo Linux link. So I thought I'd put the steps down here and then link to the main page, so tthat I can do this quickly or correctly or both:)

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  create a ~/.fonts directory
  


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  copy your fonts into this directory
  


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  fc-list | grep font name to verify fonts are available
  


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  /usr/bin/font-cache to update the cache
  


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  chmod 644 *.ttf


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  ttmkfdir > fonts.scale


• Create index of X font files in directory: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir
  (Red Hat 7.0: package freetype, 7.3+: package xorg-x11-font-utils)


• Add font directory to the xfs config file: /etc/X11/fs/config
  
  catalogue = comma-separated-list-of-font-directories
  


• Update font-config cache: /usr/bin/fc-cache


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  /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /font-directory-path
  


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  xset fp rehash


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  service xfs restart
  (or: /etc/init.d/xfs restart)


• Restart X:
  
  
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    init 3
  
  
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    init 5
  
  

Refer to YoLinux for all details