On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:18:06 +0200, houghi wrote:
> Uh, first, why would you want to install them in a new directory?

Because you might want to keep a distinction between what the system
packages install under /usr and what "local' additions one makes
to one's system under /usr/local (and manage them with stow).

> I have edited NO config files. I have changed nothing.

Obviously if you throw everything into the standard system folder,
then they will be picked up. Tis a good thing that fontconfig has moved
on from having to rebuild those Xft-cache(?) files everytime new fonts
are added.

But since it is usually for the fontconfig system config file
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf to have an entry for individual users as

~/.fonts

a user could always put any new fonts in their own $HOME/.fonts, if they
are only required for that user.

Obviously they will not be picked up there by the older font server (xfs)
method unless the user directory has been added to its config file
/etc/X11/fs/config

> I have just added them to the standard directory and it works.

Yes, the latest version of fontconfig has made it a lot easier for adding
fonts to the standard directories and it simply finds them, and the
developers are to be applauded for this big improvement.