Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:25:30 -0700
"M. Kirchhoff" <spam@0ubliette.org> wrote:
> While looking through the deb-user archives for some font-related info, I
> discovered that there is still an insane amount of confusion regarding fonts
> under XFree86. Googling, which new users tend to rely on, results in myriad yet
> often contracting font guides.
>
> The two biggies--The Font De-Uglification HowTo and the Font Howto--are outdated
> and hopelessly outdated, respectively. They both contain a wealth of important
> info, but, alas, that info is likely to send new users down a very dark tunnel
> of inexorable agitation. I know, I was one of them.
>
> Another problem with these guides is their breadth--they cover too wide a set of
> topics, and they are not Debian specific. The closest--and still the
> best--guide is Paul D. Smith's TrueType fonts guide, but that covers TT fonts only.
>
> Ugly fonts bothered me immensely when I first made the switch from Windows to
> GNU/Linux, and I know how frustrating trying to pull bits of (mostly outdated)
> information from various howtos can be.
>
> So, I plan to create a guide for a very specific group of people: those new to
> both Linux and Debian--or those who simply want a consise, pithy guide to
> getting pretty fonts in Debian.
>
> This guide will cover *only* stand-alone workstations. As of Xfree 4.x, it is
> absolutely unnecessary to run a font server if serving fonts isn't a requisite,
> i.e. most users. It will also cover on Woody stable. There will be no
> information on configuring fonts for specific applications (not yet, anyway),
> but simply for X.
>
> So, I'd like peoples' thoughts on this. Is it necessary? Should I change the
> focus, etc. etc. Personally, I feel there needs to be a down-and-dirty guide to
> fonts to complement the great general information on fonts in the aforementioned
> guides; something to get new users going without them having to become experts
> on fontography.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Sincerely,
> M. Kirchhoff
>
>
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Yep,
I don't need it yet, but I definitely will in the future.
I'm just not that advanced yet.
I'm an extremely ugly font.
Regards,
David.
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