Re: Substituting one font for another system-wide?
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On 08/09/07 11:59, Tim Hull wrote:
>> Font server? Who needs to use xfs in 2007?
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> I guess I misspoke - I'm just using the default font configuration
> toolchain.
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> Anyway... I must be misunderstanding something. Or don't recognize
>> Arial's pervasiveness.
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>> I know this is going to sound stupid, but couldn't you just install
>> Arial (with the msttcorefonts package)?
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> I could, but it looks somewhat ugly in Linux as compared to Bitstream Vera
> etc.
Ugly? No. xmms (a Gtk 1.2 app) has ugly fonts.
Preferring Bitstream Vera Sans over Arial is just (valid) personal
opinion.
I compared the two in Abiword and made a window print. Here's the link:
http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/Arial.vs.BitstreamVeraSans.png
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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