1. As root untar fonts in /usr/X11/lib/fonts tar xzvf corefonts.tar.gz -C /usr/X11/lib/fonts 2. Add fonts paths in /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Files" ... FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/truetype/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/cp1251/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/cp1251/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/iso-10646-1/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/iso-10646-1/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/iso-8859-5/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/iso-8859-5/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/koi8-r/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/bolkhov/koi8-r/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/cronyx/cp1251/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/cronyx/iso-10646-1/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/bitmap/misc/" ... EndSection 3. Make sure you have this lines in /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Module" ... Load "type1" Load "freetype" ... EndSection 4. /etc/fonts/local.conf must look something like this /usr/share/fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/truetype /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/corefonts/type1 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/vera ~/.fonts 4. Run /usr/X11/bin/fc-cache -f -v 5. Restart the X server For example see configs in http://georgi.unixsol.org/programs/X11 or example in the archive