Whither ttmkfdir?

[Kevin Oberman]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Jean-Sébastien Pédron <
jean-sebastien.pedron at dumbbell.fr> wrote:

> On 24.03.2015 20:01, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > If font directories are no longer required by the latest Xorg-server,
> never
> > mind.
>
> Yes, FWIW, nowadays, text and therefore fonts are handled by the X
> client, not the X server anymore. It means applications are using
> fontconfig to find fonts and freetype to render glyphs.
>
> --
> Jean-Sébastien Pédron
>
> Thanks. I was worried because I bought a number of TT fonts as a part of a
commercial package and needed the old ttmkfdir to use them, but I see that
is not an issue any more.  I see the instructions in the handbook still
call for ttmkfdir in 6.6.
--
Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired