Re: How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
The handling of TT fonts changed with Xfree86 4; to save having to
learn it to ways you might want to upgrade to v4 first. Or you might
not; there have been various glitches with the upgrade process.
For v3 there is a Debian HowTo True Type (probably in the debian site,
not LDP). You need to start a separate TT font server and, if you
don't have it, a regular font server.
For v4 the new font server can handle TT, so you don't need a separate
TT font server. However, you can feed it off the old TT font server.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:53:45PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> Hi everyone. I just downloaded a TrueType font (Lucida Sans Unicode) and am
> wondering what's the best way to install that so that everything works in the
> Debian fashion. You know, what's the "official Debian" policy-guided (etc.)
> way to install a TrueType font? What packages do I need, what commands do I
> type, etc.? Also, does anyone offhand know the legal status of the Lucida Sans
> Unicode font? I've read conflicting statements on that.
>
> Thanks in advance for your guidance. Please CC me on all replies; I was once
> subscribed to the list but unsubscribed due to the extremely high volume.
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> jimmy@kaplowitz.org
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