Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 00:51:35 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fonts qstns. Message-ID: <20100530075135.GA9594@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4C020BDA.9070508@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20100529211104.GA55411@thought.org> <4C020BDA.9070508@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:55:22AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29/05/2010 22:11:07, Gary Kline wrote: > > guys, > > > > given the depth and wide scope of knoweldge on this list, i'm > > hoping that somebody can clue me in on font stuff... BUT: > > the fonts i'm interested in have to work with openoffice. > > Any truetype or postscript font should work with OOo. I believe OOo > will pick up whatever is available system-wide nowadays. If not, there > will be an admin app you can use to add your font to the repertoire it > knows about. Last time I used it, it vaguely recall it was called > "sadmin," but that was a long time ago now. there WAS a font-adding 'wizard' that added OO fonts; i cant find it now. google may help me. [[just is an aside, but i've always appreciated the artistic part of creating a typeface. i prefer the serif fonts --in general-- just wondering which is among the best choices for a Long book... > > Note that this controls what OOo wll display to you on-screen. You make > not get exactly the same font on a printout, depending on the make and > model of your printer. > yeah, found this out a long time ago. but here is a question for you or anyone else who may be hardware savvy. according to one fellow, the top display shows only 72dpi; that is why sans serif [like arial] render better than, say, times. does this still hold? > > first, i'm looking for a font that is apropos for long > > manscripts. printed. books rather than newspapers or other > > ink+paper material. to me, GEorgia works quite nicely for > > my book "JOURNEY." but am wondering if there is such a thing as > > a semi-bold [or darker than usual regular] typeface. > > I'm quite partial to Gentium as a well proportioned, easy to read serif > font. It's not very dark on the page though -- from a distance a sheet > of Gentium text appears noticably lighter than many other fonts. no doubt due to thinner lines in the stems and so on. my father did display signage for stores; i remember the design books. one reason i like aheavier typeface is my eyesight--MAYBE. i have discovered thst if the print is widely spaced [[increased leading]] i can read even small type easily. i don't think we evolved to read text, :-) > > > i hope you're all sitting down now; i'm ready to pay for this > > font. --hope nodybody fell over :) > > You might want to take a look at > http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software_catalog.asp?by=cat&name=Font > - -- I've already mentioned their Gentium font, but Charis SIL and Doulos > SIL looks promising too[*]. There isn't a port for either of those last > two but you can look at the type-sample PDFs. Whipping a port together > shouldn't be too much trouble. > around 1998 i did a port of enscript fonts. the best one that were free, complete [iso-5589-1] and public. maybe i can add the font to my ports. i think i upgraded it twice. the enscript methodology used to be the only way of using these fonts in my collection, but no more! thanks much, gary > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [*] These are the people to go to if you are desperate for a font based > on Sudanese camel branding marks... > gotcha. actually i'm looking for a typeface based on yak's molars; what can i say? > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwCC9oACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyjGQCeLnhZWAG0GA9SA0FCPcYqGTne > nx0AoIG2Pi8O4JycOog3AcbBzSwaYit5 > =aj+c > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel
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