Actually i extracted the same way and copied in my /usr/share/fonts and even in ~/.fonts, but hey dont appear in (fc-list) after i manually rebuild the font cache (fc-cache -f -v), so i can immediately use them everywhere.
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Simply download some windows bitmap files! This is the first hit > >> on google for searching `.fon download': > >> > >> http://www.2200freefonts.com/b-fon-b-fonts.php > > > > Actually i tried these fonts before but these are windows > > executable's and i am unable to install them in Linux for my > > testing. > > What are you talking about? I tried the first font on this page, > > http://www.2200freefonts.com/new/911porscha_bitmap0.zip > > and it is a plain zip file! You certainly can extract ZIP files on > your GNU/Linux box, right? > > Even if they were self-extracting files there *are* Unix tools that > can handle them. For example, there is the glorious `file' command > that tells you the exact type of the file; it usually can recognize > self-extracting files, telling you which program you have to use. > Additionally, you can always use `wine' to execute the EXE file. > > BTW, FreeType displays this font just fine at 13px. > > > Werner > _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
