Looking for a good fonts package

Cinematography · 05-01-2005, 06:16 PM

Does anyone know where a good Linux fonts package can be found? I'm not very fond of my current selection. No Ariel.

bigrigdriver · 05-01-2005, 07:02 PM

Since you don't mention your distro, and what kind of packaging system you need, here is a document about fonts in Linux, complete with links to sources of fonts.

Cinematography · 05-01-2005, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigrigdriver
Since you don't mention your distro, and what kind of packaging system you need, here is a document about fonts in Linux, complete with links to sources of fonts.

My distro is under my name.

Thank you for the link. I'll check it out.

Cinematography · 05-01-2005, 08:02 PM

Excellent! I finally have some nice, easy to read, fonts for my Firefox broswer! Thanks a lot for your help, bigrigdriver!

Here are the default font settings for Firefox Windows, in case anyone is curious:

Proportional --- Serif --- 16
Serif --- Times New Roman
Sans-Serif --- Arial
Monospace --- Courier New --- 13

Minimum Font Size [none]

bigrigdriver · 05-01-2005, 09:05 PM

Oops! My bad. Wasn't paying attention. Most sincere apologies.

reddazz · 05-01-2005, 10:42 PM

If you have Microshaft Windows you could copy your ttf fonts and install them on Linux.

Cinematography · 05-03-2005, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reddazz
If you have Microshaft Windows you could copy your ttf fonts and install them on Linux.

Easier said than done though.

How many paragraphs of command line would I need to type in to do that? LOL!

Thank you for the suggestion though. You all have been very nice and helpful. I may be able to stick with Linux this time around.

I've tried it many times in the past, but I always gave up because of some problem. It's nice to have a forum like this available.

reddazz · 05-03-2005, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cinematography
Easier said than done though. How many paragraphs of command line would I need to type in to do that? LOL!

Thank you for the suggestion though. You all have been very nice and helpful. I may be able to stick with Linux this time around. I've tried it many times in the past, but I always gave up because of some problem. It's nice to have a forum like this available.

Here is an "idiots" guide to installing MS or MAC truetype fonts on Mandrake

Copy your MS or MAC truetype fonts to a CD or usb removable drive in a directory named "fonts".
Login into Linux as a normal user and insert the CD or usb stick. Take note of the mount path of your media i.e. /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/removeablemedia. Mandrake auto mounts stuff so a quick look in the subdirectories under /mnt will show which one has the fonts. I will use /mnt/cdrom in this example.
Start a console session and switch to root using "su -"
Create a directory called /usr/share/fonts/ttf/msfonts
Code:
```
#mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ttf/msfonts
```
change into that directory
Code:
```
#cd /usr/share/fonts/ttf/msfonts
```
Copy the fonts into this directory e.g.
Code:
```
#cp /mnt/cdrom/fonts/* .
```
When the fonts are all copied (it only takes a few seconds), run the following commands
Code:
```
#mkfontdir 
#mkfontscale
```
Log out and back in again and your fonts should be ready for use by all applications.

You can also use kfontinstaller, but I prefer the above method because it works regardless of which desktop environment or window manager you are using.

Cinematography · 05-03-2005, 04:14 PM

Dang I love idiots guides!

I do enough thinking in my life and for my day job. The less thinking the better.

Thanks a lot for the guide. I'm sure it'll be of some service to anyone who may have a similar problem in the future.