How to Install Fonts on your Server
Basic X Fonts
| Debian | Suse via yast2 | Fedora | add your Distribution here | |
| Basic X Fonts | apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-100dpi-transcoded xfonts-75dpi xfonts-75dpi-transcoded xfonts-base |
True Type fonts
To be able to display nice fonts from any language in the world, one can use True Type Fonts (TTF) and install as many language packages as possible:
Debian
Install defoma (Debian Font Manager):
apt-get install defoma
Install True Type Font reader ttmkfdir
apt-get install ttmkfdir
Install fonts
apt-get install ttf-bitstream-vera msttcorefonts ttf-junicode ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho
For further information you may want to read also the following tutorial: http://wiki.splitbrain.org/debianfonts
Suse
open yast2 and install the following packages:
fonts-thai, fonts-arabic, farsifonts, indic-fonts, sazanami-fonts, fonts-thryomanes (... add more usable font packages here)
Check if its working
Check which languages that are working by browsing the following page with your pici-server:
Wherever you see squares instead of letters, means that there was no suitable font found.