On Wednesday 15 August 2007 20:54, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Dear msttcorefonts maintainer, > > Please add defoma 'Alias' options to your hints file. From a quick bit of > websearching it appears that Courier New is intended to be metric > compatible with Courier and Arial with Helvetica. I expect other fonts in > the msttcorefonts set were designed as drop-in replacements for existing > fonts too. > > gsfonts.hints has plenty of Alias examples, if what I'm asking isn't clear > (or ask me and I can provide more details).
No problem - I've added aliases for Arial (Helvetica), Times New Roman (Times) and Courier New (Courier). See attached diff. Let me know if you see a problem with this or think more should be added. I'll probably upload this soon otherwise. Thanks, Thijs
Index: msttcorefonts.defoma-hints =================================================================== --- msttcorefonts.defoma-hints (revision 325) +++ msttcorefonts.defoma-hints (working copy) @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf Family = Arial FontName = Arial-Regular + Alias = Helvetica Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf Family = Arial FontName = Arial-Bold + Alias = Helvetica-Bold Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf Family = Arial FontName = Arial-BoldItalic + Alias = Helvetica-BoldItalic Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Italic.ttf Family = Arial FontName = Arial-Italic + Alias = Helvetica-Italic Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Courier_New.ttf Family = Courier-New FontName = CourierNew-Regular + Alias = Courier Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Courier_New_Bold.ttf Family = Courier-New FontName = CourierNew-Bold + Alias = Courier-Bold Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -142,6 +148,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Courier_New_Bold_Italic.ttf Family = Courier-New FontName = CourierNew-BoldItalic + Alias = Courier-BoldItalic Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -156,6 +163,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Courier_New_Italic.ttf Family = Courier-New FontName = CourierNew-Italic + Alias = Courier-Italic Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -240,6 +248,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman.ttf Family = Times-New-Roman FontName = TimesNewRoman-Regular + Alias = Times-Roman Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -254,6 +263,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Bold.ttf Family = Times-New-Roman FontName = TimesNewRoman-Bold + Alias = Times-Bold Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -268,6 +278,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic.ttf Family = Times-New-Roman FontName = TimesNewRoman-BoldItalic + Alias = Times-BoldItalic Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1 @@ -282,6 +293,7 @@ begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Italic.ttf Family = Times-New-Roman FontName = TimesNewRoman-Italic + Alias = Times-Italic Encoding = Unicode Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
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