Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:15:37 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, apolli@pucrs.br Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fonts Message-ID: <15080.11657.911799.41040@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <66486858@toto.iv>
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Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> types: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 08:46:50AM -0300, Alexandre Polli wrote: > > I might be getting nuts, but I remember that, while installing 4.2 > > some time ago I saw in the packages index a software, which I do not > > remember the name, that would take the TT fonts of a Windows > > installation in the same HD and convert them to FreeBSD. Does this > > thing exist? Is it the the ultimate solution for the font problems > > in netscape? > I think it's called 'cp' . Any ttf fonts should work with both, > shouldn't they? No, they don't. XFree86 3.3.x doesn't support ttf fonts native. XFree86 4.0.x has to have the ttf font support enabled at build time. The print/freetype port is a truetype font rendering engine. If you're using XFree86 3.3.x, you can use the x11-servers/xtt-xfs port to add truetype font support to X vai freetype. > > Also, how do I install new fonts into FreeBSD? If you want FreeBSD fonts, they go in /usr/share/syscons/fonts and are loaded with vidfont. The format isn't well documented, but it's not a scalable font. If you want X fonts, then it's a bit more complicated, and depends on the font format. I'd check the XFree86 site for details. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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