Re: True Type Font
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 08:52:55 +0000
"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> on Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:58:25AM -0500, Shawn Lamson (shawn.lamson@verizon.net) wrote:
> > On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 01:32:54 +0000
> > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> > > on Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:03:47PM -0500, Bruce Park (bpark79@hotmail.com) wrote:
> > > > Hello Debian users,
> > > >
> > > > How can I see if I have ttf installed on my machine? If I don't have
> > > > it installed, is there a simple package that I can install or does it
> > > > need configuration?
> > >
> > > If you have XFree86v4, the setup's trivial:
> > >
> > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86.html
> > >
> > > One-page setup.
> > >
> > How does this jibe with what I read here:
> > http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/
> > I thought that truetype was now incorporated?
>
> Read the HOWTO. *Then* ask your question.
Gotcha -- I guess I have just read and read and read so much about TrueType Fonts etc that my head spins after a while... for example that tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86.html page _does_ not specify XFree86 version 4.2.1 that I have - it says 4.0.x ... ok it is a minor point but I get paranoid!
>
> > Please explain this to me if you have the time :)
>
> I've got the time to explain if you've got the time to read.
Well, I will save that offer for a more prospicious time, thanks Karsten.
>
Shawn Lamson
shawn.lamson@verizon.net
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