Re: Install additional (TT & Open) Fonts on openSUSE 11

zmdmw52 wrote:
Is it possible to install additional fonts (True Type/Open) into
openSUSE 11.0?
Or export them from a Windows installation?

On 17" LCD screen (LG Flatron L177W), I find there is a significant
'bleeding' of fonts (not so in Windows with same hardware).

I must have had luck, because I have never seen such a thing. Not even
on screenshots where people say it is obviously visible.

That said, yes it is possible to add additional fonts. And as this is
Linux, there are several ways. Some I will describe, other ways are
possible as well, I believe.

1) If you want to use the MS fonts, you can easily install them. Some
people want then for websites. No idea why, but anyway. YaST, Software,
Software Management and search for fetchmsttfonts and install that.
You will need the update repo installed. These fonts are then downloaded
from Microsoft and a kitten will be killed.

2) As root just copy them to /usr/share/fonts/truetype

This should do the trick. Some people use Konqueror, but that kills a
puppy each time you use it.

Now if you want to use ImageMagick to use the fonts, you must also make
it viable for them. The easiest way is to use the scipt
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/scripts/imagick_type_gen

What you need to do when adding fonts is to see that they are included
in your `locate` directories. Next run `updatedb` afster you made sure
it is installed. This can take a long time, especialy if you have many
files. It can be used to not include certain directories, but that is
another matter.
Then run the script and move the resulting type.xml to the apropriate
place as decribed in the script.

As a last note, you are not limited to ttf fonts. Adobe fonts are also
usable by default. Some sites to download fonts:
http://www.creamundo.com/index.php?lang=en
http://www.1001fonts.com/index.html

Obviously there are many more sites like these.

houghi
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