Re: TrueType fonts, xfstt and freefont
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Aaron M. Stromas wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> i've got tired of the tiny fonts in netscape and installed the xfstt and
> the freefont package. when i ran the 'xfstt --sync' it complained about
> not finding any *.ttf files. i looked at what is in the freefont package
> and discovered that the fonts are in .pbf format.
>
I'm not completly sure, but pbf aren't ttf fonts. I think they are Type 1
fonts. Instead of xfstt use xfs and type1inst. Of course you can have both
installed at a time.
> so, xfstt is not meant to use freefont?
>
> according to freefont's documentation all that's needed is to restart
> the x server but that does not solve the netscape problem. i've searched
> for the basic .ttf fonts without success, although i've seen some
> suggestions to use fonts off the m$ site. after a while i tried it but
> all i see are .exe files. can somebody explain the business with
> freefont and also point me to the source of .ttf? please, cc me as i'm
> temporary unsubscribed. tia,
>
> -a
>
>
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