Add Thai Fonts to Linux

Some Linux versions display Thai vowels in the wrong positions because they lack fonts that render Thai correctly. There are several ways to fix this:

1. For Linux systems that support RPM, download msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm and run:

[root@ezylinux ~]# rpm -ivh msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm

2. Copy fonts from Windows into fonts:// in a Nautilus window. Read more at: Add Windows (TrueType) Fonts in GNOME desktop3. Create a directory named windows under /usr/share/fonts/truetype with:

   [root@ezylinux ~]# mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows

   Copy the Windows fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows, then enter the directory you created with:

   [root@ezylinux ~]# cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows

   Run the following command to create the font directory for xfs:

   [root@ezylinux ~]# ttmkfdir > fonts.dir

   Then run:

   [root@ezylinux ~]# chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows

   to add the fonts to the system. Restart the xfs service with:

   [root@ezylinux ~]# service xfs restart

   To give the added fonts higher priority, edit the catalogue section of /etc/X11/fs/config. For example, move them to the beginning of the search order: catalogue = /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows, /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1, That completes the setup.