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+ Installing GNU FreeFont |
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+ ======================= |
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+GNU FreeFont can be used in any modern operating system. |
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+ |
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+This document explains how to install FreeFont on some common systems. |
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+UNIX/GNU/Linux/BSD Systems |
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+-------------------------- |
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+ |
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+FreeFont works with any system using the free font rasterizer FreeType |
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+<http://www.freetype.org/>. Some features such as glyph substitution and |
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+positioning may be handled by the text layout library |
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+Pango <http://www.pango.org/>. |
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+ |
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+Most recent systems using FreeType2 and Pango handle OpenType fonts well, |
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+but on older systems TrueType may perform better. |
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+ |
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+* Debian GNU/Linux |
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+ |
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+Users of Debian GNU/Linux system will probably want to use the Debian package, |
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+named 'ttf-freefont', available from the Debian Linux site. |
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+ |
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+Install the fonts by issuing the command |
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+ apt-get install ttf-freefont |
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+ |
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+ |
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+* KDE local installation |
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+ |
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+Users of KDE can install .ttf files on a per-user basis using the KDE |
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+Control Center module "kcmfontinst", which may appear in the menu as |
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+ |
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+ Settings -> System Administration -> Font Installer |
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+ |
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+This is especially helpful for developers and testers. |
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+ |
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+ |
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+* Generic X Window systems |
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+ |
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+ 1) Fetch the freefont-ttf.tar.gz package with Free UCS outline fonts |
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+ in the TrueType format. |
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+ |
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+ 2) Unpack TrueType fonts into a suitable directory, |
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+ e.g. /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType/ |
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+ |
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+ 3) If you have chosen any other directory, make sure the directory you |
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+ used to install the fonts is listed in the path searched by the X |
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+ Font Server by editing the config file in /etc/X11/. |
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+ |
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+ In some systems, you list the directory in the item "catalogue=" |
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+ in the file /etc/X11/fs/config. |
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+ |
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+ 4) Run ttmkfdir in the directory where you unpacked the fonts. |
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+ |
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+ |
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+Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Vista/7 |
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+------------------------------------------- |
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+ |
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+Note that in at least Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000, the TrueType versions |
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+perform much better than, and are recommended over, the OpenType ones. |
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+ |
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+For good font smoothing in Windows, Microsoft ClearType must be enabled. |
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+The native Windows web browser must be used to install, enable, and configure |
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+ClearType. A web search for "ClearType Tuner" will find the proper web pages. |
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+Recent versions of the browser raise a security block (a yellow bar at the |
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+top of the window), which you must act upon to allow installation. A |
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+checkbox in the window turns ClearType on (in Win-speek, "Turn on ClearType"). |
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+The change happens immediately. |
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+ |
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+* Vista, Windows 7: |
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+ 1) From the Start menu, open Control Panels |
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+ 2) Drag-n-drop font files onto Fonts control panel |
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+ You may get a dialog saying |
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+ "Windows needs your permission to continue" |
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+ a) Click Continue |
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+ |
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+* 95/98/NT: |
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+ The font installation is similar to Vista. |
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+ In order to use OpenType, users of Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 can |
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+ install Adobe's 'Type Manager Light', which may be obtained from |
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+ the Adobe web site. |
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+ Otherwise, use the TrueType versions. |
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+ |
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+Apple Mac OS X |
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+-------------- |
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+ |
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+Support for OpenType on MacOS X started with OS 10.4, and has been improved |
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+gradually in later versions. |
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+ |
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+Installing on Mac OS X consists of moving the font files to either |
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+ /Library/Fonts/ or ~/Library/Fonts/ |
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+depending on whether they should be available to all users on your system |
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+or just to your own user. |
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+ |
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.11 2011-06-12 07:14:12 Stevan_White Exp $ |