This program can configure Type 1 fonts for GhostScript and X, and it can also generate sample sheets for your fonts, and does most of the work of configuration for you. If you have been using an operating system such as Windows or the MacOS, you may have lots of fonts sitting on your computer already that are TrueType fonts. TrueType fonts are considered best on smaller, low-resolution displays, such as your computer monitor, and attempt to provide nice features like shading and antialiasing, making your display look smoother. It is also really easy to find cheap TrueType fonts in bulk, and CD's featuring upwards of 500 fonts in the TrueType format are common in computer stores. There is a FreeType library to do this, but if you just want to use them on your computer, all you will need is a program called xfstt , the X font server for TrueType.
Installation is fairly straightforward.
Extract the archive, and make the file, and then make install . If you got no errors, you should be able to run Netscape, the GIMP, even xfontsel, and have those fonts available to you. Your biggest problem may be finding the font you want, but that's not really a bad thing. It has been brought to my attention that more recent versions of xset require a slightly modified version of this command, because of changes in the code of xset. If you are just starting X from the command line, this is easy.