How to use True Type fonts in FreeBSD

1. Install a TrueType font server from ports:

   cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/Xfstt/
   make install clean
   

2. Set the server to start at boot, by saving the following little script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ as xfstt.sh :

   #!/bin/sh
   [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt ] && /usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt & && echo -n ' XFstt'
   

3. mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
4. Add the following to the FontPath statement in your Xfree86 configuration file (in 3.3.6 this is /etc/XF86Config, and in 4.0.2 it is /etc/X11/XF86Config .):

      FontPath   "unix/:7101"
      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
   

5. Copy some Windows Truetype fonts from c:\windows\fonts or from the web, into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType.
6. Issue these commands inside /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType:

   #  /usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt --sync
   
   # /usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt & [this is unnecessary later, when xfstt is
   started at boot-time]
   
   # xset fp+ unix/:7101
   

7. Restart X.
8. You can now run xfontsel to see if X has registered your TT Fonts. To add more fonts, copy them into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType and repeat the commands in step 6.