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 <title>TrueType Fonts with XFree86 4.0.x mini-HOWTO
 <author>Bartek Kostrzewa, <tt/bartek@pt.lu/
-<date>0.10, 2001-02-20
+<date>0.02, 2001-02-21
 
 <abstract>
 This mini-HOWTO describes how to use TrueType (*.ttf) fonts with
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ XFree86 4.0.x.
 <sect1>Copyright
 
 <p>
-I don't really care what is done with this text. Copy, download and
-redistribute it freely, if you really want to feel bad, tell people
-that it was you who wrote it, I don't care.
+Download, copy and redistribute this text freely. If you do any
+changes, please submit them to me, and I will pass them to the LDP,
+of course, credit will be given.
 
 Copyright (c) 2001 by Bartek Kostrzewa
 
@@ -49,11 +50,23 @@ Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
 You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before
 major installation and backups at regular intervals.
 
+<sect1>News
+<p>
+This release cleans up some errors I wrote about Netscape font scaling.
+This document can be found at:
+<url url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86.html">
+
 <sect1>Credits
 <p>
-I'd say it's time to pass a BIG big thank you to the LDP for building and
-maintaining a network of helping hands which already guided many people
-through the hard to overcome learning curve Linux has.
+I'd like to thank Bear Giles for his Debian TTF howto which brought
+me on the right path :o).
+
+Of course, credit should also go to the XFree86 crew, and Joerg
+Pommnitz for writing <tt>ttmkfdir</tt>.
+
+Also I'd like to pass a BIG big thank you to the LDP for building and
+maintaining a network of helping hands which already guided many
+people through the hard to overcome the learning curve Linux has.
 
 <sect1>Translations
 <p>
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 <em>
 <bf>IF</bf> you are using something else than the windows partition method, 
-line 2 will of course differ. 
+line 2 will (of course) differ. 
 </em>
 
 <itemize>
@@ -93,11 +106,19 @@ There you go. You will now have all TrueType fonts working. If you want
 to add fonts, just move/copy those [*.ttf files] into the aforementioned
 directory, and repeat the process starting from line 3. 
 
-Netscape has problems with these fonts, it somehow doesn't scale them. 
-Mozilla has no such problems. Opera neither.
+Netscape has problems with these fonts, you have to check the "Allow
+Scaling" setting in the Fonts dialog, don't feel distracted by the fact 
+that it only shows font sizes 0 and 12. Mozilla has no such problems. 
+Opera neither.
 
-Both the <tt>ttmkfdir</tt> and the <tt>mkfontdir</tt> executables
-should be included with your XFree 4.0.x distribution.
+The <tt>mkfontdir</tt> executable should be included with your 
+XFree 4.0.x distribution.
+
+If you are missing <tt>ttmkfdir</tt>, you can obtain it here:
+<url url="http://www.joerg-pommnitz.de/TrueType/ttmkfdir.tar.gz">
+
+The latest verion of XFree86 (currently 4.0.2) can be found at:
+<url url="http://www.xfree86.org">
 
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