From c3f165e9a79b1f76497fd9aaf7bd8a21e9716000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mayfrost Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:31:30 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update X.md --- X.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/X.md b/X.md index d13bd51..7db360f 100644 --- a/X.md +++ b/X.md @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ There are two ways of adding fonts, with __Fontconfig__ or with __X__ core fonts * Scalable fonts must appear in the font path before the bitmap fonts when possible. * You can query the current _font paths_ (along with other information) by using __xset__: `xset q` +* All this works for cursors too. __STEP 1__: Create a font directory with font files and index files. * First you might need to correctly name scalable fonts by creating a _fonts.scale_ file in the directory: @@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ __STEP 1__: Create a font directory with font files and index files. * Next create a proper font index file _fonts.dir_ to list available fonts in this directory: `mkfontdir ~/.fonts` * The _fonts.alias_ provides aliases you can use and is manually created. +* Make sure the files have the appropriate permissions: +`chown root.root *` +`chmod 644 *` __STEP 2__: Inform __X__ where to look for font directories. * Edit _"/etc/X11/xorg.conf"_ or in the separate file _"/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/fonts.conf"_