Fonts for KDE and GNOME

Most new programs in both GNOME and KDE use the fontconfig system, so that making the changes suggested in Sec. 3.2.4 should also make the fonts available for use in these programs.

Newer KDE versions have a GUI font installer that can be run from the KDE control centre. Log in as super-user, with KDE as the desktop. Start up the control centre from the main panel menu, and then choose System Administration -> Fonts. While this should automatically carry out the configuration steps mentioned above, I have not personally used the font installer and cannot vouch that it works. Unfortunately, GNOME does not yet have a built-in font installer.