Speaking of fonts...
Is there anything like Adobe Type Manager for X? On a Mac, it smoothes
character outlines in arbitrary point sizes. On the newest version, it
even anti-aliases type. Makes type much more legible.
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Matt Housh wrote:
>
> There are plenty of fonts available, just have to go download
> them. There are some console-based fonts in the slackware distribution
> (mr.fnt is my favorite), and there are plenty of x-based fonts on sunsite
> or mirrors thereof. Check out ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts.
> You might be interested in the following packages:
>
> freefonts-0.10.tar.gz - just what the name sez
> sharefonts-0.10.tar.gz - shareware fonts
> Xfstt-0.9.9.tgz - a truetype font server for linux/X11
>
> The first two are self-explanatory, just packs of fonts for X. The
> third package is actually a true-type server for X. It allows you to use
> windows/mac true-type fonts in X. I use it, and it works quite well. I've
> got around 390 fonts installed there, not to mention the freefonts and
> sharefonts packages, so you can imagine GIMP is pretty fun now :)
>
> HTH, Matt
>
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> On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, George Lenzer wrote:
>
> > Are there more fonts available for Linux than what the system comes with? I've
> > done a few searches on the net and haven't found anything yet. Are there
> > converters for TrueType fonts?
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