[plug] [newbie Q] Fonts and Linux

[Bernard Blackham]

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 03:30:48AM +0000, Brenden Veljacich wrote:
> I don?t have Linux at the moment but I was wondering about fonts on Linux, 
> as far as I know (could be wrong) Mac fonts are incompatible with windows 
> fonts, so does Linux have its own font "type" or does it support both? 

The mac fonts I've encountered were Type 1 fonts, which I was able
to successfully use under linux with not much hassle (one was a
Burmese font which worked beautifully and saved having to upgrade a
mac!) 

Bernard.

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