Re: True Type font support - and a vmware note...

[Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo]

HBH>> 1. Redhat 6.0 got this X font server (XFS) - what is it and why do I
HBH>> need it? can I use it with True Type fonts from Windows?

It is a font server. You need it if you want font server a bit more
functional and flexible than one inside XFree. There are patches that
bring TTF support to XFS, but I'm not sure if they are applied in RH6
version. Read the docs.

HBH>> 2. IF the X font server from Previous question is not for using with
HBH>> true type fonts - what is the best and EASIEST solution to use true type
HBH>> fonts with Linux? Linux fonts that comes with X are horrible (and I'm

xfstt. It is good. I use it. It is better than xfs patches for two reason:
1. You haven't to build mock X font definitions for TTF fonts, which in
fact do not need one
2. You get fonts automatically named as they were in TTF
3. It handles charsets much more cleanly

HBH>> very polite here), and it's impossible to use if you try to read web

I use Times and Courier and is very happy. If you want to read sites that
use some fonts like Arial, Verdana, or worse, you have two choices -
install required fonts or just disallow page-defined fonts in your config. I
always do the second. For two reasons: first, even with those fonts you
have many chances page will be broken, since the dumbhead designers who
did that also like to pixel-align their pages for their own display, and
if your font renders a bit different under your system, you get broken
page. Second: I *do not* like the idea of some stranger telling me what
font I should use on my computer. I like Times, I read with Times, period.
And his "design ideas" he can use on his relatives, if he hates them so
much. 

So, install xfstt and disable page-defined fonts :) You are twice safe now
:)
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