Fonts
Rodney Kanno
pepe65 at hawaii.rr.com
Wed Aug 15 12:58:32 PDT 2001
Hi Jeff,
Thanks, I will do a search on rpmfind.net and try out ttmkfdir.
Thanks,
Rodney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Mings" <jeffm at lava.net>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at maile.hi.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: [luau] Re: Fonts
> Hi Rodney,
>
> I have had a slightly different experience with TrueType fonts with
> RH 7.1 . I do a lot of graphic work, and have found a lot of useful
> free TT fonts. I installed them with the ridiculously simple ttmkfdir
> program. It's command line based and works with your existing xfs
> installation. I believe I snagged it from rpmfind.net. I found that
> the new fonts I add are available in Killustrator and Gimp, but not in
> Sketch or StarOffice. I believe the latter two only want to see
> Postscript fonts.
>
>
>
>
> Rodney Kanno wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am using Linux Mandrake 8.0 and I am having problems with TTF fonts
which I
> >hve installed via Drakfont. I tried using the new font in various
programs
> >(ex. star office, Kword, Killustrator) with no luck. The font shows in
the
> >font dialog box for each program, but when I type, the font does not show
up
> >correctly, or if it does sow correctly, it gets replaced when I try to
print.
> >the only program that the font works correctly in is the Gimp. anybody
have
> >any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rodney
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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