Adding fonts to the system

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4 total messages Started by Alex Dommasch Mon, 02 Nov 1992 19:27

#82

Author: Alex Dommasch
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 19:27

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How do you add fonts to the system so every user can acess them?  I got the  
free fonts from cc.orst.edu and uncompressed and untarred them.  Then I copied  
them into /LocalLibrary/Fonts.  I assumed this was all I had to do, but the  
fonts didn't show up in any application.  I tried putting them in my own  
~/Library/Fonts directory, and they showed up for me, but not for anyone else.  

So, how do you make fonts universally available?

Thanks.
--
D. A. (Alex) Dommasch, Programmer
Field-Flow Fractionation Research Center
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801)581-7168           FAX: (801)581-4353
alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (NeXT Mail)

Re: Adding fonts to the system

#97

Author: Fredrik Nyman
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 15:22

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alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (Alex Dommasch) writes:

>How do you add fonts to the system so every user can acess them?  I
>got the free fonts from cc.orst.edu and uncompressed and untarred
>them.  Then I copied them into /LocalLibrary/Fonts.  I assumed this
>was all I had to do, but the fonts didn't show up in any application.
>I tried putting them in my own ~/Library/Fonts directory, and they
>showed up for me, but not for anyone else.

1. Make sure the font files are world readable.
2. cd to /LocalLibrary/Fonts and run
   buildafmdir

Re: Adding fonts to the system

#99

Author: Tim Reed
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 15:39

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In article <1992Nov2.192739.2847@fcom.cc.utah.edu>  
alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (Alex Dommasch) writes:
> How do you add fonts to the system so every user can acess them?  I  
got the  
> free fonts from cc.orst.edu and uncompressed and untarred them.   
Then I copied  
> them into /LocalLibrary/Fonts.  I assumed this was all I had to do,  
but the  
> fonts didn't show up in any application.  I tried putting them in  
my own  
> ~/Library/Fonts directory, and they showed up for me, but not for  
anyone else.  
> 
> So, how do you make fonts universally available?
> 
> Thanks.
> --
> D. A. (Alex) Dommasch, Programmer
> Field-Flow Fractionation Research Center
> Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
> Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
> (801)581-7168           FAX: (801)581-4353
> alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (NeXT Mail)

You must also use buildafmdir so the system will know the new fonts  
are there. Type 'man buildafmdir' for more info.

--
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Tim Reed
reed@prism.sps.mot.com
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Re: Adding fonts to the system - SUMMARY

#100

Author: Alex Dommasch
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 17:26

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In article <1992Nov2.192739.2847@fcom.cc.utah.edu> alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (Alex  
Dommasch) writes:
> How do you add fonts to the system so every user can acess them?  I got the  
> free fonts from cc.orst.edu and uncompressed and untarred them.  Then I  
copied  
> them into /LocalLibrary/Fonts.  I assumed this was all I had to do, but the  
> fonts didn't show up in any application.  I tried putting them in my own  
> ~/Library/Fonts directory, and they showed up for me, but not for anyone  
else.  
> 
> So, how do you make fonts universally available?
> 

I want to thank all the people who responded, both by news and by mail.  Many  
people suggested I try "buildafmdir /LocalLibrary/Fonts", which did cause them  
to show up in the font panel, but as "unusable" fonts.  It turns out (thanks to  
all of you for this advice) that you then have to run               
"cacheAFMData /LocalLibrary/Fonts".  When I did this all the fonts showed up  
and were usable.  (You know, it seems kind of silly that you have to do all  
this just to put a new font in /LocalLibrary, when it's done automatically for  
certain other directories.)
--
D. A. (Alex) Dommasch, Programmer
Field-Flow Fractionation Research Center
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801)581-7168           FAX: (801)581-4353
alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (NeXT Mail)

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