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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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