[SLE] better fonts for netscape
I often hear people complain about the terrible fonts for netscape and then the reply is (often enough) to use true-type fonts instead. In case you do not want true-type fonts though, there is an excellent set of fonts built specifically for Netscape that intentionally mimic the fonts that Netscape for windows uses. The set of fonts includes Times, Helvetica and Courier. You can get these fonts here: http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/#mozilla_fonts _David -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
David Porter <jcm@bigskytel.com> wrote:
I often hear people complain about the terrible fonts for netscape and then the reply is (often enough) to use true-type fonts instead. In case you do not want true-type fonts though, there is an excellent set of fonts built specifically for Netscape that intentionally mimic the fonts that Netscape for windows uses. The set of fonts includes Times, Helvetica and Courier.
You can get these fonts here:
Excellent. I recommend this to anyone who hasn't got true-type fonts. What a difference! Regards, Roy -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Roy Culley wrote:
David Porter <jcm@bigskytel.com> wrote:
I often hear people complain about the terrible fonts for netscape and then the reply is (often enough) to use true-type fonts instead. In case you do not want true-type fonts though, there is an excellent set of fonts built specifically for Netscape that intentionally mimic the fonts that Netscape for windows uses. The set of fonts includes Times, Helvetica and Courier.
You can get these fonts here:
Excellent. I recommend this to anyone who hasn't got true-type fonts. What a difference!
Where (in what directory) do you recommend installing these on a SuSE system? Thanks, Dwight -- Dwight Johnson dwj@aaronsrod.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Dwight Johnson wrote:
Excellent. I recommend this to anyone who hasn't got true-type fonts. What a difference!
Where (in what directory) do you recommend installing these on a SuSE system?
I installed them in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/ Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
David Porter writes:
I often hear people complain about the terrible fonts for netscape and then the reply is (often enough) to use true-type fonts instead. In case you do not want true-type fonts though, there is an excellent set of fonts built specifically for Netscape that intentionally mimic the fonts that Netscape for windows uses. The set of fonts includes Times, Helvetica and Courier.
How did you get these to work? I have compiled and installed them in /usr/local/lib/fonts/Mozilla and then added the path to the xfsft config file. Is a choice suppose to be present in the list of fonts netscape will use? Thanks for any help?
You can get these fonts here:
http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/#mozilla_fonts
_David
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Jesse Marlin wrote:
How did you get these to work? I have compiled and installed them in /usr/local/lib/fonts/Mozilla and then added the path to the xfsft config file. Is a choice suppose to be present in the list of fonts netscape will use? Thanks for any help? Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Just read all of the README file... you also need to adjust Netscape (seems you didn't). The README file is well-written and extremely helpful. Alvaro Novo -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
* Jesse Marlin <jlm@compgen.com>:
How did you get these to work? I have compiled and installed them in /usr/local/lib/fonts/Mozilla and then added the path to the xfsft config file. Is a choice suppose to be present in the list of fonts netscape will use?
They are not true-type fonts, you need to put the directory in your font path. I put the line FontPath "/usr/local/lib/fonts/Mozilla/:unscaled" below the other FontPath lines in /etc/XF86Config, then restarted X. (david) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I tried these fonts. The docs suggest setting Nutscrape at a font size of 15. On my machine, that's HUGE. Even changing to 9, Google, for example, appears with very large fonts. For now, I've removed the FontPath from XF86Config. I wonder what I'm doing wrong. On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, David Porter wrote:
* Jesse Marlin <jlm@compgen.com>:
How did you get these to work? I have compiled and installed them in /usr/local/lib/fonts/Mozilla and then added the path to the xfsft config file. Is a choice suppose to be present in the list of fonts netscape will use?
They are not true-type fonts, you need to put the directory in your font path. I put the line
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/fonts/Mozilla/:unscaled"
below the other FontPath lines in /etc/XF86Config, then restarted X.
(david)
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Hi Kenneth! On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Kenneth Kellum wrote:
I tried these fonts. The docs suggest setting Nutscrape at a font size of 15.
On my machine, that's HUGE. Even changing to 9, Google, for example, appears with very large fonts.
For now, I've removed the FontPath from XF86Config.
I wonder what I'm doing wrong.
That's what I'm getting on Yahoo and some other sites. ZDnet looks great though. If you change the options in the fonts section to always use your default fonts it helps with the huge fonts a little. -- B. L. Jilek <bljilek@bigfoot.com> | ICQ: 10733954 | Linux user: 163800 PGP: DSS 0x800B3A69 RSA 0x3F1963C5 | OS: SuSE Linux 6.3 --------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
* Kenneth Kellum <kkellum@pacbell.net>:
I tried these fonts. The docs suggest setting Nutscrape at a font size of 15.
I set them to 12.
On my machine, that's HUGE. Even changing to 9, Google, for example, appears with very large fonts.
What, you don't like BIG fonts? ;-) That the regular fonts are so *tiny* was the only problem I had with them. Oh well, YMMV. david. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Kenneth Kellum wrote:
I tried these fonts. The docs suggest setting Nutscrape at a font size of 15. On my machine, that's HUGE.
~ it seems to make a difference, whether one puts the Path to Mozilla fonts, at the beginning, or, at the end of the Font Path in /etc/XF86Config. Does on need the characterization 'Unscaled', when one intends to Check the Box in Netscape Preferences, to Allow Scaling ? best ____________ sent on Linux ____________ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, tabanna wrote: t> On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Kenneth Kellum wrote: t> > I tried these fonts. The docs suggest setting Nutscrape at a font size of 15. t> > On my machine, that's HUGE. t> t> ~ it seems to make a difference, whether one puts the Path to t> Mozilla fonts, at the beginning, or, at the end of the Font Path in t> /etc/XF86Config. t> t> Does on need the characterization 'Unscaled', when one intends to Check t> the Box in Netscape Preferences, to Allow Scaling ? t> Also makes a significant difference when you select "use my default fonts, overiding document-specified fonts". Unless you REALLY need to see the EXACT font setup on the page for proof reading and style checking ie: for a company website, theres no real reason to view the pages with the pages font styles. t> best t> t> ____________ t> sent on Linux t> ____________ t> t> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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bljilek＠bigfoot.com -
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