diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Font-HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.xml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Font-HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.xml index 09dac1a7..b206682a 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Font-HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.xml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Font-HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux 2004Avi AlkalayDonovan RebbechiHal Burgiss - 2005-01-13 + 2005-02-18 Avi @@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ + + 2005-02-18 + 18 Feb 2005 + avi + Included BCI support status for Mandrake and Gentoo + Added link to Firefox configuration hack + Included link to Scribus site + Removed broken and outdated info links + 2005-01-12 12 Jan 2005 @@ -124,17 +133,18 @@ Support - No Support + No Native Support + Conectiva Mandrake - Red Hat, Fedora - Conectiva -= + Gentoo + Red Hat, Fedora + @@ -186,6 +196,7 @@ Get RPMs for your distribution here: Red Hat and Fedora RPMs. + Mandrake RPMs through the Penguin Liberation Front website. This link was provided by a Mandrake user, but I tryied to find the package without success. I hope Mandrake users will find their way there. Please send us your distribution specific BCI-enabled FreeType package to be included here. WE WILL ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS of distribution specific FreeType repackaging, so if you can contact us, we appreciate. @@ -245,6 +256,7 @@ So we Edit->Preferences and then Fonts & Colors, and selected Verdana 14px for general browsing and LucidaTypewriter 11px for monospace text. Firefox is a Gnome application, so it will use Gnome's font settings for widgets. + Additionaly, a very interesting way to configure some font rendering aspects of Firefox is described in a Mandrake Wiki. @@ -739,7 +751,8 @@ are called ``glyphs''. Useful Font Software for Linux There are several font packages for Linux. Many of them are obsolete, or you really will never have to use them. - chkfontpath is a utility for manipulating the xfs configuration file.DTM -- the Definitive Type Manager is a global font management tool. This is a developer's release.fontinst is a LaTeX package designed to simplify the installation of Type 1 fonts into LaTeX. + chkfontpath is a utility for manipulating the xfs configuration file. + fontinst is a LaTeX package designed to simplify the installation of Type 1 fonts into LaTeX. Freetype is a TrueType library that comes with most Linux distributionsGhostscript is the software that is used for printing on Linux. The version of ghostscript that ships with Linux is GNU ghostscript. This is one version behind the latest release of Aladdin ghostscript ( who release their old versions under the GPL) pfm2afm is a utility for converting windows pfm font metric files into afm metrics that can be used for Linux. This is based on the original version available at CTAN, and includes modifications from Rod Smith to make it compile under Linux.mminstance and t1utils are two packages for handling Type 1 fonts. mminstance is for handling Adobe's multiple master Type 1 fonts. t1utils is a suite of utilities for converting between the different Type 1 formats. ttf2pt1 is a TrueType to Type 1 font converter. It is useful if you have applications that require Type 1 fonts.ttfps converts .ttf TrueType font files into Type42 files. @@ -758,16 +771,12 @@ are called ``glyphs''.
References
Font Information - Rod Smith's homepage contains a wealth of information about using fonts and printers with Applixware and Word Perfect. - John McLaughlin's page discusses setting up fonts with Star Office + Luc Devroye's homepage Contains enough information about fonts and other things to sink a ship. This guy designed a bunch of free fonts, and his homepage has a lot of interesting links, information and commentary. + Scribus list of high quality fonts. Scribus is an Open Source desktop publishing project. Jim Land's homepage contains a lot of links to sites on PostScript and fonts. The comp.fonts FAQ is the definitive font FAQ. - Luc Devroye's homepage Contains enough information about fonts and other things to sink a ship. This guy designed a bunch of free fonts, and his homepage has a lot of interesting links, information and commentary. - The Font Deuglification HOWTO (obsolete) discusses TrueType fonts under Linux. This is the clear winner of the ``TrueType'' HOWTOs. An excellent source of information. - TrueType Fonts in Debian mini-HOWTO discusses installing TrueType in Debian. A must-read for Debian users. Also worth reading if you have any distribution that doesn't have the version of xfs with TrueTypesupport. The (preliminary) True Type HOWTO -- an incomplete HOWTO dated June 1998. Included in this list for completeness. - TrueType for XFree86 Mini-HOWTO -- a slightly dated HOWTO. Only applicable to Redhat 5.x
@@ -1034,7 +1043,7 @@ of this, there are not very many linux applications which support them. This document must be distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. Please translate, adapt, improve, redistrubute using the original XML DocBook source right bellow. Let me know if you want me to put a link to your translation/adaptation/improvement here. This document is published in the following locations: - Official site, with better fonts and layout [XML (DocBook) Source] + Official site, with better fonts and layout [XML (DocBook) Source] TLDP [single page] [PDF] diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml index 030165a8..1cf2dc5d 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml @@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ Window System. Font-HOWTO, Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux (Font HOWTO) -Updated: Jan 2005. +Updated: Feb 2005. Provides a comprehensive source to act as a starting point for any and all font questions about Linux. diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml index 6f57c029..0cbcc200 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml @@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ fit in better with Linux). Font-HOWTO, Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux (Font HOWTO) -Updated: Jan 2005. +Updated: Feb 2005. Provides a comprehensive source to act as a starting point for any and all font questions about Linux.