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Article #47627Re: Fonts in X
From: Garry Cooper
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01BE3832.04FD9340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable tom minchin wrote in message <76qa7e$vdj$1@black.interact.net.au>... >Glen Turner <glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au> writes: >>Stephen Reynolds wrote: >> >> 2) Install xfsft. Put the TTF fonts in the font path >> just before the Type1 fonts. >> >> 3) Get the free TrueType fonts from the Microsoft web site. >> Get the Bakoma TTF fonts if you look at a lot of TeX- >> documents (eg: maths and physics papers). >> >>Even so, the results aren't as good as WinNT on the same machine. > >With xfsft I just copied all the TrueType fonts from my WindowsNT >font directory and used those. They look great with high resolution >desktops - eg 1280x1024 (where normal X11 fonts start looking jagged). > >Another plus is that sites that used FrontPage and use Windows fonts >in their <FONT> tags look the same on a Linux platform. How did you do this??? > >tom@interact.net.au ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01BE3832.04FD9340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3007.0"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>tom minchin<TOM@BLACK.INTERACT.NET.AU> wrote in message <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:76qa7e$vdj$1@black.interact.net.au">76qa7e$vdj$1@black.int= eract.net.au</A>>...</DIV> <DIV>>Glen Turner <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au">glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au</= A>>=20 writes:<BR>>>Stephen Reynolds wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> 2) = Install=20 xfsft. Put the TTF fonts in the font = path<BR>>> =20 just before the Type1 fonts.<BR>>><BR>>> 3) Get the free = TrueType=20 fonts from the Microsoft web site.<BR>>> Get the = Bakoma=20 TTF fonts if you look at a lot of TeX-<BR>>> = documents=20 (eg: maths and physics papers).<BR>>><BR>>>Even so, the = results=20 aren't as good as WinNT on the same machine.<BR>><BR>>With xfsft I = just=20 copied all the TrueType fonts from my WindowsNT<BR>>font directory = and used=20 those. They look great with high resolution<BR>>desktops - eg = 1280x1024=20 (where normal X11 fonts start looking jagged).<BR>><BR>>Another = plus is=20 that sites that used FrontPage and use Windows fonts<BR>>in their=20 <FONT> tags look the same on a Linux platform.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3D""><STRONG>How did you do=20 this???</STRONG></FONT><BR>><BR>><A=20 href=3D"mailto:tom@interact.net.au">tom@interact.net.au</A></DIV></BODY><= /HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01BE3832.04FD9340--
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