Summary and purpose
This documents the solution I finally discovered when searching for ways
to get all my installed fonts to show up in fc-list, xlsfonts, and
xfontsel on a Debian testing installation. I specifically did not
want to have to install gnome, xfce, or another desktop environment when
openbox and xterm and firefox would fulfill my needs.
Procedure
Using the package manager and/or local installation procedures (not covered here) install your desired fonts.
Make sure those font directories are in your xorg.conf file.
In each directory where the fonts are installed (on my system all the True Type fonts were located under
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/) run the following commands.# mkfontscale # mkfontdirRestart X.