On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:25:30 -0700 "M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While looking through the deb-user archives for some font-related info, I > discovered that there is still an insane amount of confusion regarding fonts > under XFree86. Googling, which new users tend to rely on, results in myriad yet > often contracting font guides. > > The two biggies--The Font De-Uglification HowTo and the Font Howto--are outdated > and hopelessly outdated, respectively. They both contain a wealth of important > info, but, alas, that info is likely to send new users down a very dark tunnel > of inexorable agitation. I know, I was one of them. > > Another problem with these guides is their breadth--they cover too wide a set of > topics, and they are not Debian specific. The closest--and still the > best--guide is Paul D. Smith's TrueType fonts guide, but that covers TT fonts only. > > Ugly fonts bothered me immensely when I first made the switch from Windows to > GNU/Linux, and I know how frustrating trying to pull bits of (mostly outdated) > information from various howtos can be. > > So, I plan to create a guide for a very specific group of people: those new to > both Linux and Debian--or those who simply want a consise, pithy guide to > getting pretty fonts in Debian. > > This guide will cover *only* stand-alone workstations. As of Xfree 4.x, it is > absolutely unnecessary to run a font server if serving fonts isn't a requisite, > i.e. most users. It will also cover on Woody stable. There will be no > information on configuring fonts for specific applications (not yet, anyway), > but simply for X. > > So, I'd like peoples' thoughts on this. Is it necessary? Should I change the > focus, etc. etc. Personally, I feel there needs to be a down-and-dirty guide to > fonts to complement the great general information on fonts in the aforementioned > guides; something to get new users going without them having to become experts > on fontography. > > Let me know what you think. > > Sincerely, > M. Kirchhoff > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yep, I don't need it yet, but I definitely will in the future. I'm just not that advanced yet. I'm an extremely ugly font. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
