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Installing GNU FreeFont
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GNU FreeFont can be used in any modern operating system.
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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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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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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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* Debian GNU/Linux
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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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Install the fonts by issuing the command
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apt-get install ttf-freefont
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* KDE local installation
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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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Settings -> System Administration -> Font Installer
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This is especially helpful for developers and testers.
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* Generic X Window systems
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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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2) Unpack TrueType fonts into a suitable directory,
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e.g. /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType/
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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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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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4) Run ttmkfdir in the directory where you unpacked the fonts.
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Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Vista/7
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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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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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* 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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* 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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Apple Mac OS X
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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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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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$Id: INSTALL,v 1.11 2011-06-12 07:14:12 Stevan_White Exp $ |