On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 01:31:43AM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
[snip]
>
> first, i translate to Type-1, got to stay native, you know:
> for i in *.ttf; do ttf2pt1 -b $i ${i%%.ttf}; done
>
> then, i create the font.scale file with the script at
> http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/4413
>
> then i use mkfontdir and the two xset lines, and bingo, it works!
>
If you really want to use this font in X then please leave it as
ttf and use xfs-xtt, xfstt or XFree86 4.x. Hinting for low
resolutions doesn't work very well for Type 1 fonts. This makes
the fonts look ughly on screen. TTFs are a better coice for
on-screen display.
Cheers
Martin
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