Re: WIndows version compared with Linux

[Lars Ræder <larsrc gmail com>]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:17:40 +0100, Chris Green <chris areti co uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 10:42:06PM +0200, Alexander wrote:
> > Chris Green schrieb:
> > >
> > >If I could get better fonts the Linux version works better for me, how
> > >can I add fonts to the Linux version?  In particular can I get
> > >something like Letter Gothic in Linux?
> > >
> >
> > On SuSE Linux I just import them automatically into X-Server (via
> > Control Center or YaST). Maybe read some documentation of your
> > distribution?! If you're running a windows license you're allowed to use
> > even TTF's on Linux, via symbolic links (and no copying) you even don't
> > break any licensing rules. Otherwise look "http://www.schriftart.net/";
> > (german) for free fonts or treat google the right way. (Some
> > distributions include a lot of free fonts.)
> > 
> I didn't think dia used the X fonts but maybe it does.
> 
> I'm not sure how to install new fonts on Slackware, that's my basic
> problem.  "man -k font" doesn't produce anything useful that I can
> see.

The most likely place to drop .ttf files is
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype.  I think that's defined by LSB and
X together.  That's what I use on RedHat & SuSE.

-Lars