Where to put TTF's for use by GD

[Chris Cooper]

Hi folks,

Here's my really stupid Q for the day (yes only one ;-)

I've just installed Freetype as recommended by GD and would like to
copy across a TTF file from my Win98 PC so I can access this font via
GD.

Freetype can view the font fine - well, "./ftview ppem arial.ttf"
worked fine when popped the font in the current working directory.

I must be missing something blindly obvious since I can't seem to work
out where a TTF file should be placed on the system so that the font is
accessible by GD.pm, as per

... "

@bounds =
GD::Image->stringTTF(fgcolor,fontname,ptsize,angle,x,y,string) Class
Method 

This method uses TrueType to draw a scaled, antialiased string using
the TrueType vector font of your choice. It requires that libgd to have
been compiled with TrueType support, and for the appropriate TrueType
font to be installed on your system. 

" ...

It's the "how to install a TrueType font on your system" bit of the FAQ
and docs I seems to be missing (yes the Freetype docs that is ;-)

Any constructive suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks,
Chr!s

PS: Using GD-1.27, gd-1.8.1, libpng-1.0.6, zlib-1.1.2, jpef-6b and
freetype-1.3.1 on Solaris 2.6 & 2.7

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