7.1 and Truetype Fonts
Hey everyone, It has slipped my mind on how to create a fonts.scale file after I add fonts to the directory. I just installed SuSE 7.1, and am wanting to add True Type fonts to it, but I don't remember how to create the correct files for it. Also, does SuSE 7.1 ship with TrueType fonts ready to go? Thanks -- Alan Bryant abryant@si3.net Si3.net, Inc.: http://Si3.net/ Linux User #185929 StepxStep: http://linux-root.com/linux.nf/ ----------------------------------- 3:07pm up 1:31, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.20, 0.35 ----------------------------------- If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong. -- Norm Schryer
On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Alan Bryant wrote: ab> Hey everyone, ab> ab> It has slipped my mind on how to create a fonts.scale file ab> after I add fonts to the directory. I just installed SuSE 7.1, and ab> am wanting to add True Type fonts to it, but I don't remember how After adding font's to the directory, try running 'mkfontdir' on that directory. It creates the index of: fonts, scale, alias and encodings within the fonts.dir file which is read by X. ab> to create the correct files for it. Also, does SuSE 7.1 ship with ab> TrueType fonts ready to go? ab> ab> Thanks ab> ab> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.18 Rule of Creative Research: (1) Never draw what you can copy. (2) Never copy what you can trace. (3) Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.
"S.Toms" wrote:
After adding font's to the directory, try running 'mkfontdir' on that directory. It creates the index of: fonts, scale, alias and encodings within the fonts.dir file which is read by X.
For truetype fonts you have to run ttmkfdir, not mkfontdir. I have gotten true type fonts recognized on my system. KDE's kfontmanager sees them with many point sizes, but netscape only sees them as 12 pt. Any ideas? _____________________ Christopher R. Carlen crcarl@inreach.com Linux 2.2.10
* Chris Carlen [Sat, 03 Mar 2001 16:23:06 -0800]:
KDE's fontmanager sees them with many point sizes, but netscape only sees them as 12 pt.
Bug in Netscape :( Check the enable scaling check box and then enter the size you want. That's the only possible solution ATM. -- Penguins to save the dinosaurs -- Handelsblatt on Linux for S/390
* Alan Bryant [Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:13:19 -0600]:
It has slipped my mind on how to create a fonts.scale file after I add fonts to the directory. I just installed SuSE 7.1, and am wanting to add True Type fonts to it, but I don't remember how to create the correct files for it.
- Change to the directory containing your TrueType fonts - call 'ttmkfdir >fonts.dir' - cp fonts.dir fonts.scale - edit fonts.scale and delete the first line
Also, does SuSE 7.1 ship with TrueType fonts ready to go?
Nope, it doesn't. Simply because there are no good (are well done, contain national characters) and free truetype fonts. And licensing fonts for inclusion is by far too expensive for a company like SuSE as we're talking here about sums between $100K an $1M. -- Penguins to save the dinosaurs -- Handelsblatt on Linux for S/390
Nope, it doesn't. Simply because there are no good (are well done, contain national characters) and free truetype fonts. And licensing fonts for inclusion is by far too expensive for a company like SuSE as we're talking here about sums between $100K an $1M.
Need to talk Steve Jobs into proving Apple is _really_ into open source and handing over a few TrueTypes... <g> -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm Christian Web Services Since 1996 tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ============== "AT&T: The pre-paid phone card. Jesus: The pre-paid life card."
Philipp Thomas wrote:
- Change to the directory containing your TrueType fonts - call 'ttmkfdir >fonts.dir' - cp fonts.dir fonts.scale - edit fonts.scale and delete the first line
Why delete the first line? (It appears to be just a number) Also, it seems you can simply do ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale mkfontdir The mkfontdir command incorporates the fonts.scale file into the fonts.dir file. What does X really look at? fonts.dir or fonts.scale? _____________________ Christopher R. Carlen crcarl@inreach.com Linux 2.2.16
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