Re: getting gs to see ttf fonts
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:58:47AM -0500, H.S. wrote:
> Thanks. I was beginning to wonder.
>
> I think I faced this problem sometime back as well. Never got it fixed.
> The crux of the matter is: how does Debian (Linux in general?) deal with
> printing a ttf font to PS -- without having to tweak a number of conf
> files and making font files.
>
> I am thinking I should give this a try on a Ubuntu machine. If it works
> there, I can work backwards and see what I am missing in Debian. This
> sucks though, with all the user friendliness we have these days in Linux.
>
> BTW, I am trying to push Linux in a local community center (also trying
> to convince them that the MS Windows they keep on install on all
> computers donated to them without Windows is not really legal!). If they
> discover this problem, 'Againt-Linux' camp is going to shred me to
> tatters there (you know this camp, they believe everyone has MS Windows
> and that it is universal).
Why is it that you need to use TT fonts? Debian has free fonts
available as standard packages that "just work".
Doug.
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