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xlsfonts: lists all the fonts on your system.
xlsfonts -ll -fn font-name
gives you detailed information about a font.
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chkfontpath: RedHat utility for managing directories in the X font server's path.
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ttmkfdir: creates an index of X font files in a directory for TrueType fonts.
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mkfontdir: creates an index of X font files in a directory.
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gnome-font-viewer: Shows what a font looks like.
To install new fonts (on Fedora Core 5), put them in a new directory in /usr/share/fonts/.
Inside that directory, run ttmkfdir and then mkfontdir.
Edit /etc/X11/fs/config and change the font path to include your directory.
Finally, restart the font server.