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<H2><A NAME="s7">7. Obtaining TrueType Fonts</A></H2>
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<P>If you're looking for TrueType fonts, here are several places
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where you can start looking:
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<UL>
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<LI>c:\windows\fonts on the boat anchor in the corner</LI>
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<LI>Microsoft's Free TrueType Fonts
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<CODE>
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<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/</A></CODE></LI>
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<LI>Acid Fonts
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<CODE>
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<A HREF="http://www.acidcool.com/">http://www.acidcool.com/</A></CODE></LI>
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<LI>The Font Ring
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<CODE>
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<A HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=fontring&list">http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=fontring&list</A></CODE></LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 A comment about using Microsoft's free TrueType fonts</A>
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<P>No article on TrueType support under Linux would be complete without
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a comment about Microsoft's free TrueType fonts. First the legality
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of using Microsoft's free core fonts:
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<EM><CODE>
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<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq8.htm">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq8.htm</A></CODE></EM>
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<PRE>
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Q. What can I do with these fonts?
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· Anyone can download and install these fonts for
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their own use.
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· [Web page] designers can specify the fonts within
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their own Web pages.
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...
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</PRE>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Clearly, it is legal and reasonable for Linux users to download
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and install these fonts, and I would like to thank Microsoft for
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making them available.
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<P>Since another clause restricts their redistribution "in any form
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that adds value to commercial products" I don't expect to see
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these fonts packaged in <CODE>main</CODE> anytime soon. (Could they be
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packaged in <CODE>non-free</CODE>, perhaps as an installer package...?)
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<P>Now that that's out of the way, I redirect your attention to the
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second statement. Microsoft actively encourages web page developers
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to specify their fonts on web pages, and many HTML editors explicitly
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name fonts.
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<P>Many web sites, when viewed by standard Netscape/Linux, can best
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be described as... legible. Some aren't even that. Not coincidentally
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the sites which are, um, legible are also usually the sites that
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explicitly state all font information in their web pages.
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<P>After I installed these fonts I noticed that most of these problematic
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sites became significantly more attractive. Many were still highly
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Windows-centric, but at least I didn't flinch every time I loaded
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their pages.
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<P>My recommendation is to install Microsoft's free TrueType fonts
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for your browser. You are not required to create web pages that
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use these fonts, nor do you have to configure <CODE>ghostscript</CODE> to
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use them.
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