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Article #46tt fonts in X: saved by Mandrake 7.1
From: Marcus Leonard
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:00
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It's true, brothers (I use this word in the non-gendered sense, of course): I was saved by DrakFont in Mandrake 7.1. I was alone, lost to the world of TrueType fonts, alone in the darkness of pre-configured X fonts and their non-screen friendly countenances. Savagely toyed with was I by the vagaries of the X Font Server, which promised all and delivered either nothing or a temporary and short-lived taste of what could be; which taunted me mercilessly and caused my noble resolve to turn to dust and ashes. But yea, verily did Mandrake the Magician wave his (again, non-gendered) wand over my wayward path, to bless me with DrakFont, to save me from The Beast and his evil ways. And lo! I was delivered, brothers (ibid...). Delivered to the land of point-and-click TrueType font installation (with only a murmur of licensing cautions...) where I now live in the land of TrueType milk and honey. "Which font shall I choose today?" Can often be heard issuing forth from my lips. I know, brothers (again with the non-gendered stuff) that many of you scoff at the pre-configured nature of Mandrake the Merciful, preferring to hack and slash your way to Config Heaven, but there are those of us who wish to know the ways of Linux without becoming full-time hackers and experts, who wish to escape the clutches of the evil Lord Bill, escape the Gates of Hell into freedom. To you I say, tolerate those of us who follow Good King Mandrake, for our hearts are pure and our intentions genuine. Marcus Leonard (Previously in-patient of Ward F: Font Failures. Do Not Feed; Do Not Place Hands Between Bars; Enter at Own Risk.) mdl@NOSPAMnetspace.net.au
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4bda,c6d5cc366ffbe64a,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,c6d5cc366ffbe64a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: "Marcus Leonard" <mdl@netspace.net.au> Subject: tt fonts in X: saved by Mandrake 7.1 Date: 2000/06/16 Message-ID: <8ic120$grk$1@towncrier.cc.monash.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 635150508 Distribution: aus X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@monash.edu.au X-Trace: towncrier.cc.monash.edu.au 961120129 17268 210.15.192.68 (16 Jun 2000 01:48:49 GMT) Organization: Monash Uni X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x,aus.computers.linux