Subject: Re: fonts
From: Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 10:00:18 MST
You should get the Windows 3.1 fonts. Even though they are .exe files, they
are really zip files in disguise. You can put all the .exe files in one
directory, rename all of them to .zip and then use 'unzip' on each of them.
Make sure to delete the original zip files AND TO RENAME THE RESULTING .TTF
FILES TO lowercase. You can find a bash script to do this here:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html#LOWERCASE
Hope this helps.
-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
On Tuesday 18 December 2001 11:52, you wrote:
> 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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