Okay. That's what I did and I now have many more fonts to choose from.
Thanks,
Roman
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Mark Weaver wrote:
>
> No...Roman they are the fonts from the windows installation that lives on
> the disk/computer with mandrake. DrakeFonts finds the windows/font folder,
> reads the fonts that live there and copys them to your Mandrake
> installation.
>
> --
> daRcmaTTeR
> =/\=???
> |%C++
>
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote:
>
> > Drakfont provides its own Windows font but I don't think that they are
> > fonts provided by Microsoft. Microsoft would never provide Linux with
> > their fonts. However, if you find some sort of workaround, please let me
> > know what steps you took to import them into your Linux box.
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > Mark Weaver wrote:
> > >
> > > actually, you can. In mandrake 7.2 this is accomplished using Font Manager
> > > in drakeconf. At the moment I can't recall the name of the utility that
> > > performs this in mandrake 8.0, but I'm sure someone here on the list will
> > > remember.
> > >
> > > --
> > > daRcmaTTeR
> > > =/\=???
> > > |%C++
> > >
> > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Ivan,
> > > >
> > > > To the best of my knowledge, you cannot copy Windows fonts from Windows
> > > > to Linux. This is most likely why you got the error.
> > > > When selecting Windows fonts by using Drakfont, click on the Windows
> > > > fonts button and select the Force option. You want to uninstall the
> > > > present fonts and reinstall the Windows font via Drakfont. You have to
> > > > remember that these Windows fonts in Drakfont were hacked. This is due
> > > > to the fact that Microsoft owns the fonts. Since they have spent
> > > > millions of dollars to get them just right, they will NOT share them or
> > > > offer them to Linux.
> > > > As far as mounting the NTFS partition, this is still under development (
> > > > as fas I am aware ). However, there are plans to add this to a later
> > > > kernel.
> > > >
> > > > I think further investigation is needed.
> > > >
> > > > Roman
> > > >
> > > > ivan miranda wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Romanator,
> > > > > I did download the new version of drakfont,however,i could not
>install
> > > > > any windows fonts (i have win2k on NTFS).How can i mount an NTFS partion
> > > > > ?.However i copied some fonts from widows m/c, all are *.ttf font,but
> > > > > while i was trying to install those fonts, drakfont gives error message
> > > > > like this for all fonts:
> > > > > "font /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/78640___.ttf: unknown
> > > > > usWeightClass 5"
> > > > > How can i proceed now ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > > Ivan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > ivan miranda wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > I have installed a power pack version of LM8.Staroffice works
> > > > > > > fine,java okay,but the fonts...awafull....how can i correct
> > > > > > > this.Earlier,i have corrected the fonts problem in LM8 and the
> > > > > > > browsers,by removing the existing abisuite and installing a newer
> > > > > > > version.The second problem is that i have an HP5000 series laser printer
> > > > > > > on the network.The staroffice printer menu does not include this how can
> > > > > > > use this printer?....The same printer was configured in cups is working
> > > > > > > fine(samba printer).Thanks in advace for the help
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ivan
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ivan,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Select the Software manager and download the drafont 0.5-13mdk update
> > > > > > TrueType Fonts manager. Install the Windows fonts.
> > > > > > Navigate to Control Center->Look'N'Feel->Fonts. For fixed width I'm
> > > > > > using lucidatypewriter. I also use a combination of Helvetica and
> > > > > > Verdana 10 and 11 pts.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roman
> > > > > > Registered Linux User #179293
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> > > > > Ivan Miranda
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> > > > > Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar
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