[plug] [newbie Q] Fonts and Linux

[Anthony Jones]

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There's some good general information about fonts and Linux in:

/usr/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Font-HOWTO.gz 

That's where it is on Debian anyways. I think on Redhat it's in a slightly 
different directory off HOWTO.

Anthony

On Wednesday 29 May 2002 16:13, Craig Ringer 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,
> Somewhat. The bitmap fonts are incompatable, but the TrueType fonts are 
> compatable, though the file format does need converting. I should know, 
> I maintain a hetrogenous mac/win/lin environment.
> 
> I might be wrong about the bitmap fonts though, never cared enough to 
> try to convert them. TrueType is all that matters for us. Also don't 
> know about PostScript fonts - I suspect they're compatable w/o changes 
> actually.
> 
> > so does Linux have its own font "type" or does it support 
> > both? (That would be good)
> Modern linux distros support TrueType fonts which are commonly used on 
> both MacOS and Windows, as well as Type1 (postscript?) fonts. There are 
> also other font formats mostly used for the console, such as pcf but you 
> generally don't have to worry about them.
> 
> Also supported are some kind of bitmap font (std X one, know what it is 
> anybody?), Speedo (never seen any of this format), CID (ditto).
> 
> -- 
> Craig Ringer
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