Subject: Re: fonts
From: Geert Janssens (geert.janssens3@pandora.be)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 09:52:07 MST
Thank you for the fast reply.
I have one more question: which fonts should I download ? The fonts for
NT, 3.11 or MacOS ?
I noticed that the windows sets are selfinstalling, so I suspect that
the Mac OS set is the best ?
If that is true, then how can I expand the downloaded sets ? They are in
.bin.hqx format. Is there a utility in linux for this, or should I go
back to MacOS for that ?
Thank you.
Geert
Avinash Gupta wrote:
> Oops! Forgot to mention a few things:
>
> Add Steps:
>
> 2a - Change directory to usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType and run
> ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
> mkfontdir
>
> Sorry!
>
> -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
>
> On Tuesday 18 December 2001 10:52, you wrote:
>
>>You need to get some good truetype fonts. e,g, Microsoft Web fonts. You can
>>download them from:
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm
>>
>>1. Get at least the Arial, Verdana, Courier and Times fonts.
>>
>>2. Put them all in a directory, e.g.
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
>>
>> MAKE SURE ALL THE FILENAMES ARE LOWERCASE AND THERE ARE NO .fon FILES IN
>>THE DIRECTORY! VERY IMPORTANT.
>>3. Modify /etc/XF86Config-4 and make sure FontPath looks like:
>>
>> FontPath "unix/:7100"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
>>
>>4. Modify /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config and make sure the catalogue is:
>>
>>catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1,
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType,
>> /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1,
>> /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts,
>> /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/75dpi:unscaled,
>> /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/75dpi
>>
>>5. Restart X font server
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
>>
>>6. If you use xdm, modify /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers to look like:
>> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 96
>>
>>7. If you use startx, then modify /usr/bin/X11/startx and modify the line:
>>
>> xinit $clientargs -- $serverargs -dpi 96
>>
>>8. Start KDE and make sure Anti-aliasing is enabled in:
>> Control Center->Look and Feel->Fonts
>>
>> And the Fixed Width font is Courier New
>>
>>9. In Control Center->Web Browsing->Konqueror Browser->Appearance
>> Make sure Minimum Font Size is 10 and Medium Font Size is 12
>>
>> Standard Font -> Arial
>> Fixed Font -> Courier New
>> Serif Font -> Times New Roman
>>
>>
>>Restart KDE.
>>
>>Fonts should look MUCH better now ... at least they do for me!
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>
>>-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
>>
>>
>>
>> Fixed >
>>
>>>I have installed YDL 2.1 on a beige G3 for a couple of weeks now.
>>>
>>>I am quite pleased with it.
>>>
>>>There are still a few issues I don't seem to be able to fix. I'll put
>>>them in separate e-mails to simplify followups.
>>>
>>>Issue #5 : fonts.
>>>
>>>It struck me that the fonts I have installed look ugly in most sizes on
>>>screen.
>>>
>>>Some examples:
>>>* I created a document in KWord. In this document I had some black
>>>helvetica text on a green background. When I looked at this in the print
>>>preview section, the black characters were surrounded by white speckles
>>>(I suspect they are from anti-aliasing). This looks ugly. I don't know
>>>for sure what it would look like on a printer, since I can't print (yet).
>>>
>>>* Some (most ?) fonts look terribly jagged in mozilla at larger sizes.
>>>Take for example http://www.mozilla.org/start/, then the 'Getting
>>>Involved with mozilla' heading looks quite poor.
>>>
>>>Is there anything I can do about this ? Do I maybe have bad fonts
>>>installed ? Or some settings wrong ?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>Geert Janssens
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