Hi

> > is there a possibility to get truetypefonts (from Microsoft, e.g. 
> > TimesNewRoman, Comic Sans MS ..) at the clients?
> > I tried to start a fontserver - doesn't work
> > I tried to copy the truetypes into the dir /opt/ltsp../fonts/truetype - 
> > doesn't work.
> > 
> > Can someone help?
> 
> You need to do two things.
> 
> First, you need to get your clients to use the font server on your LTSP
> server.  You will need to add a line or two to /opt/ltsp/i386/lts.conf;
> look for XFS in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf.readme for samples.
> 
> Second, you need to download the MS fonts and install them in the font
> server.  There are a few tricks to this; the attached script will help. 
> I didn't write the script, I'm not sure where I got it, and I haven't
> tested it in a long time.  I don't think it does anything bad, but I
> would not run the script.  However if you read it over, it should
> explain the process to you.

Newsforge reported that microsoft had removed the fonts due to abuse.
So the automatic download would fail.

See google for the font deuglification howto

James


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