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TTF font problems



I like using the bitstream vera mono font for my terminals and
emacsen.  This doesn't work under Leopard:  The font files are in
/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, but the Vera fonts are not listed in
/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.dir.  So I tried running the commands

  mkfontscale /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/
  mkfontdir /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/
  xset fp recache

but then the final command produces this output:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xset:  bad font path element (#63), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax

I have no idea how that (#63) is supposed to enlighten me, and anyway,
the vera fonts dont appear:  The fonts.dir contains lines like

Vera.ttf -bitstream-bitstream vera sans-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso10646-1

but xlsfonts does not list the font.

Is this a bug in the X server's handling of truetype fonts, or did I
make a mistake, or is something else going on?

- Harald
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