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

zmdmw52 wrote:
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.

This article refers to the problem-

I am not saying that it doesn't happen. I say I have never seen it.
In all my years of using Linux at home and Windows at work, I have never
seen any difference in quality of the fonts. The only difference I have
seen was when going from CRT to TFT and TFT is a lot sharper. So do not
compare a Linux PC with CRT with a Windows PC with TFT. Not saying that
it is, but many people use the 'old' PC for Linux. Not sure why, because
the 'OLD' PC should be able to perfectly run the 'OLD' XP. :-D

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/index.html

Not sure where it talks about the problem, but on
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/rpm.html it talks about
/sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.fonts which basicaly runs
`/usr/sbin/fonts-config --verbose` so open a terminal and run that
command as root. Log out and log back in again.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/fix.html

And this talks about the 'Webcode font package' which includes the MS
fonts I already talked about.

I asume you already have done everything there.

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.

What is the 'update repo'? Is there a repo specific for fonts/MS?

To answer the second question. Yes, there is a specific repo for
fonts/MS. It is the update repo. As to what it is, it is the repo that
contains the, uh, updates.

How to get these? These should have added already during the
installation. Somehow you decided not to add them, or the machine had no
connection to Internet during the installation.

So I must asume that you tried installing fetchmsttfonts and you came up
blank when trying the method above. If so, please let us know, because
then there need other things to be done.

Also in the future please be detailed as to what and what not you have
tried.

So adding the update repo: YaST, Software, Software Repositories (repo
is short for Repositories) and see if there is one called Update, or at
least has that in the name. If it has it in tbe URL, then it might not
be the right one and tell us here wich one it is. It should be checked
for 'Enabled'

Now if it is not there, click Add, select Community Repositories, click
Next, Select the update one. Bunch of Next and OK while it downloads.
Now you must be able to install the fetchmsttfonts

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

How do I do this? (as not familiar with CLI code for the same).

Just like you would copy your illegal music from the Windows machine to
the Linux machine. There are plenty of GUI programs that can move and
copy files around. I have no idea, as I don't use them, but I know
others use them.

And don't forget, Linux is easier the Windows. It is just that you have
had several years experience in Windows and not in Linux.

houghi
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