commit c3f165e9a79b1f76497fd9aaf7bd8a21e9716000
parent 696d170f3686298de35b4079960198a135a40ae8
Author: mayfrost <mayfrost@cock.li>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:31:30 -0300
Update X.md
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diff --git 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"_
