On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:17:40 +0100, Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 10:42:06PM +0200, Alexander wrote: > > Chris Green schrieb: > > > > > >If I could get better fonts the Linux version works better for me, how > > >can I add fonts to the Linux version? In particular can I get > > >something like Letter Gothic in Linux? > > > > > > > On SuSE Linux I just import them automatically into X-Server (via > > Control Center or YaST). Maybe read some documentation of your > > distribution?! If you're running a windows license you're allowed to use > > even TTF's on Linux, via symbolic links (and no copying) you even don't > > break any licensing rules. Otherwise look "http://www.schriftart.net/"; > > (german) for free fonts or treat google the right way. (Some > > distributions include a lot of free fonts.) > > > I didn't think dia used the X fonts but maybe it does. > > I'm not sure how to install new fonts on Slackware, that's my basic > problem. "man -k font" doesn't produce anything useful that I can > see.
The most likely place to drop .ttf files is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype. I think that's defined by LSB and X together. That's what I use on RedHat & SuSE. -Lars _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
