> I was able to download the webfonts.tar.gz package, un-tar/gunzip it, which > leaves me with a group of Microsoft executables, one for each font. I then > used cabextract running on a Linux box to extract all the TTFs from the > Microsoft exe. I then copied the fonts into /etc/fonts on the OI box, and > ran fc-cache /etc/fonts. That finishes without giving me an error, but the > developer of the report tells me the font is still not working. >
First of all cabextract is available in binary form for Solars, please have a look at http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ Second, just create a new folder in /usr/share/fonts/ and call it, say, MoreTrueType and copy there all your TrueType fonts. BTW, you can do the same with OpenType fonts. Then you can run fc-cache. For example, I have installed using this "technique" a number of OpenType fonts that I can used in OpenOffice and other applications: A.S. ---------------------- Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
