You need FreeType 2 from their CVS (freetype.org), not the sourceforge mirror which is ancient. configure and install that $ ./configure $ make # make install You need XFree86 CVS (not 4.0.1h, that's not new enough, it's from last night). Edit config/cf/host.def and add: #define Freetype2Dir /usr/local (assuming you installed Freetype in the default place) $ make World (...) # make install You need my hacked version of Qt http://xfree86.org/~keithp/download/qtkernel.tar.bz2 Extract that and rebuild Qt You need some TrueType fonts http://keithp.com/~keithp/fonts/truetype.tar.gz $ cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts # tar xzf truetype.tar.gz You need an updated config file for the Xft library http://keithp.com/~keithp/fonts/XftConfig $ (edit it to change /usr/XFree86 to /usr/X11R6) # cp XftConfig /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 Now you're all set. Easy as pie, no?