SuSE Linux: Version 7.3
Edit the section "Files" of XF86Config (which, depending on the XFree86 version, can be found at /etc or at /etc/X11):
Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" [...] EndSection
Delete or disable all :unscaled entries so that the section looks like this:
Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" [...] EndSection
or this:
Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"#:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"#:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"#:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"#:unscaled" [...] EndSection
Finally restart the x server and test the performed changes.
Since these modifications can also affect other fonts, this solution must be considered a workaround rather than a definite solution. Installing TrueType fonts with fetchmsttfonts would be by far a more elegant solution.
Regarding the installation of Truetype fonts, please also refer to the articles:
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_72.html
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_71.html