Re: true type fonts
Noah L. Meyerhans dixit:
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> On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
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> > Okay, so I've installed xfstt - the true type font server. The package says
> > it doesn't contain any fonts, and I can't find a package of them via dselect.
> > Can anyone point me to the true type fonts package(s)?
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> First of all, make sure you've got the xfstt from slink, not hamm. The
> hamm version is basically broken. Second, there are no TrueType fonts
> distributed with Debian. You'll need to search for them on the web, or
> copy them over from a Windows machine (I dont' remember where you can find
> the fonts in Windows, or what their name extension is...).
The name extension is probably .ttf (damn it! I knew I should have kept a
tiny windoze partition...).
I once saw a page plenty of TrueType fonts for (free?) download, don't
remember the pointer, but may be worth to do a search.
Horacio.
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