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1 Installing GNU FreeFont
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2 =======================
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4 GNU FreeFont can be used in any modern operating system.
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6 This document explains how to install FreeFont on some common systems.
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8 UNIX/GNU/Linux/BSD Systems
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9 --------------------------
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11 FreeFont works with any system using the free font rasterizer FreeType
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12 <http://www.freetype.org/>.
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14 * Debian GNU/Linux
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16 Users of Debian GNU/Linux system will probably want to use the Debian package,
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17 available from the Debian site,
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19 <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/ttf-freefont.html>,
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21 or any of its mirrors.
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23 Install them by issuing the command
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24 apt-get install ttf-freefont
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27 * KDE local installation
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29 Users of KDE can install .ttf files on a per-user basis using the KDE
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30 Control Center module "kcmfontinst", which may appear in the menu as
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32 Settings -> System Administration -> Font Installer
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34 This is especially helpful for developers and testers.
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37 * Generic X-windows
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39 1) Fetch the freefont-ttf.tar.gz package with Free UCS outline fonts
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40 in the TrueType format.
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42 2) Unpack TrueType fonts into a suitable directory,
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43 e.g. /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType/
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45 3) If you have chosen any other directory, make sure the directory you
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46 used to install the fonts is listed in the path searched by the X
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47 Font Server by editing the config file in /etc/X11/.
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49 In some systems, you list the directory in the item "catalogue="
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50 in the file /etc/X11/fs/config.
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52 4) Run ttmkfdir in the directory where you unpacked the fonts.
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55 Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Vista
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58 Note that in at least Vista, XP and 2000, the OpenType versions perform much
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59 better than, and are recommended over, the TrueType ones.
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61 * Vista:
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62 1) From the Start menu, open Control Panels
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63 2) Drag-n-drop font files onto Fonts control panel
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64 You may get a dialog saying
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65 "Windows needs your permission to continue"
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66 a) Click Continue
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68 * 95/98/NT:
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69 The font installation is similar to Vista.
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71 In order to use OpenType, users of Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 can
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72 install Adobe's 'Type Manager Light'. It is available for download
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73 without cost from Adobe's web site.
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75 Otherwise, use the TrueType versions.
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77 Mac OS X
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78 --------
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80 Installing on Mac OS X consists of moving the .ttf files to either
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81 /Library/Fonts/ or ~/Library/Fonts/
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82 depending on whether they should be available to all users on your system
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83 or just to yourself.
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86 $Id: INSTALL,v 1.7 2008/12/26 12:33:31 Stevan_White Exp $