Re: adding fonts to system

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Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:
>>       hi. i have a slew of fonts from my office machines (macs) & would 
>> like to know if it's possible to add these to my debian system (etch).
MB> Yes, it is. I don?t know the ?official? way, but here is how I do that always:
MB> 1. Place the font file under
MB>    /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype
MB> 2. Create Symlink to that file in
MB>    /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
MB> After that the font is always available within my applications.

	thank you! that worked swell.

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