Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/17301: New port: mozilla-fonts Message-ID: <200003111800.KAA67455@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/17301; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: dom@palmerharvey.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/17301: New port: mozilla-fonts Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 12:56:53 -0500 On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 01:09:55PM +0000, Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk wrote: > This port is a collection of web fonts designed for use with > netscape/mozilla. It aims to get rid of those > "OhMyGodHowSmallIsThatWebPage" problems that a lot of sites > designed for use with IE have. Cool! Thanks for taking the time to do this. :) > sed 's/^X//' >mozilla-fonts/pkg/DESCR << 'END-of-mozilla-fonts/pkg/DESCR' > Xmozilla-fonts is a complete set of the three kingpin typefaces in > XHttpland-- Times, Helvetica, and Courier-- each in two weights, > Xtwo slants, and seven sizes (for a grand total of 84). The sizes > Xrange from 13- to 57-point (all @ 100dpi) and have been individually > Xselected to match the font display behavior of MS-Windows Netscape > Xas closely as possible. Right down to the glaring scale disparity > Xbetween sizes 6 and 7. > X > XOnce installed, you'll have to add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mozilla to > Xyour X font path by either: > X > X$ xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mozilla > X$ xset fp rehash > X > Xor by adding it to your X server configuration file (usually > X/etc/XF86Config) and restarting the X server. > X > XYou'll also need to configure netscape to use them. See > X/usr/X11R6/share/doc/mozilla-fonts/README. > X > XWWW: http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/#mozilla_fonts Not everyone's going to look at DESCR. I advise having the Makefile ${CAT} ${PKGDIR}/DESCR. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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