webfonts and xorg.conf?

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mushroom
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webfonts and xorg.conf?

Post by mushroom »

Hi all,
This is my first time posting on this forum.

I've just installed webfonts on GhostBSD-21.01.20 with the MATE desktop and the instructions say to add this line:

FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/webfonts/"

to the xorg.conf config file. However, I've looked in /etc/X11 and it's not there which leads me to ask these questions:
  1. Am I looking in the right place?
  2. Do I need to create it from scratch? If so, how complete does it need to be so it doesn't mess with booting straight into the desktop?
nevets
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Re: webfonts and xorg.conf?

Post by nevets »

Hi, Mushroom...
Terminal -> create the file /usr/local/etc/X11/fontpath.d/fontpath.conf
with this content:

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/webfonts"
EndSection


Were you to add further fonts repeat the FontPath element for each font.
By example, my installation has this content in the fontpath.conf file:

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/Caladea"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/Carlito"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/ChromeOS"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/Comfortaa"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/GentiumBasic"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/Liberation"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/LinLibertineG"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/SourceCodePro"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/SourceSansPro"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/SourceSerifPro"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/anonymous-pro"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/dejavu"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/google-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/noto"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/roboto-fonts-ttf"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/twemoji-color-font-ttf"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/ubuntu-font"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/vollkorn-ttf"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/webfonts"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/gnu-unifont"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/gnu-unifont-ttf"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/stix"
EndSection

Regards,
Steve
mushroom
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Re: webfonts and xorg.conf?

Post by mushroom »

nevets wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:53 pm Terminal -> create the file /usr/local/etc/X11/fontpath.d/fontpath.conf
with this content:

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/webfonts"
EndSection
Thanks very much, Steve! Worked like a charm.
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