On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 09:19:33 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK. I will try the ttmkfdir first. > Now, if I run ttmkfdir -h, I get this as output: > > This Program is (C) Joerg Pommnitz, 1998 > Usage: ttmkfdir [-d dir] [-o filename] [-f foundry] [-m #] > -d scan directory dir for TrueType files (def. is current > directory)-o write output to file named filename (def. stdout) > -f use foundry for unknown font vendors (def. misc) > -m max # of missing characters per encoding (def. 5) > -c use less strict completeness tests for encoding tables > -p use panose information > > The output of ttmkfdir is a bunch of font specifications: > arialn.ttf -monotype-Arial > Narrow-medium-r-condensed--0-0-0-0-p-0-koi8-ru How am I supposed to > use this output? Doesn't there have to be a fontmap so the fonts can > be found by a program? > > What is panose information? > > Thanks, > Joel > > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 09:04:00PM -0600, Collins Richey wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 22:33:19 -0400 > > Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I want to install some truetype fonts. > > > > > > I have XFree86 Version 4.0.1 I have an old version of KDE. Version > > > 2 or something. This version of KDE came with Caldera 2.4. I > > > cannot tell > > > for > > > sure because the about KDE menu doesn't give the version. > > > > > > I have some true type fonts already installed, I think, made > > > available through fontfs. But, these fonts don't seem to include > > > anything useful, like ariel. > > > > > > I have a bunch of fonts from a windows installation I want to use. > > > Is there a way to just convert these to a form that I can > > > reference with fontfs? > > > > > > > I don't know enough about the older systems and fontfs, but > > basically all you need to do is: > > > > 1. copy all the fonts to a directory > > 2. run ttmkfdir in that directory > > 3. update your XF86Config > > 4. do whatever black magic with fontfs??? > > 5. On newer software, you need to run fc-cache > > 6. Restart your Xserver > > 7. Update any other apps that need special handling. > > > > If you don't have a Windows distro handy, you can follow the > > instructions at the following site to get the core tt fonts from M$ > > (supposedly this is legal). The instructions are extremely RH > > centric, but a little tinkering will make this work for any distro. > > > > http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ > > According to the reference in a previous posting, namely http://support.sco.com/rn_cgi/install.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=NT6vtWMg&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_prod_lvl1=%7Eany%7E&p_prod_lvl2=%7Eany%7E&p_cat_lvl1=%7Eany%7E&p_search_text=truetype&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=3&p_sort_by=dflt You need to issue the following pair of commands ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale mkfontdir -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
