Re: Questions about Fonts (in particular: can I use M$ Windows True Type Fonts) with Linux Kubuntu?

2008-07-29 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Paul & All, Thanks for the advice on installing M$ Windows true type fonts. I did as you explained and now I have my TT fonts installed. Thanks again. 2008/7/28 Paul Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Peter, > > To make a new TrueType font available in Ubuntu, just copy the ttf > file into a '.

Re: Questions about Fonts (in particular: can I use M$ Windows True Type Fonts) with Linux Kubuntu?

2008-07-27 Thread Paul Schulz
Hi Peter, To make a new TrueType font available in Ubuntu, just copy the ttf file into a '.fonts' directory in your home directory. It them becomes available to you in Inkscape, OpenOffice and (I assume) other Gnome applications. Cheers, Paul On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Peter Williams <[EM

Questions about Fonts (in particular: can I use M$ Windows True Type Fonts) with Linux Kubuntu?

2008-07-27 Thread Peter Williams
To: Ubuntu-au discussion e-list and the "ubuntulinux" yahoo! group Hi All,I have been looking at the About.com website and found lots and lots of info about Linux, and in particular: Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux http://linux.about.com/od/fnt_howto/a/hwtfnt11.htm But before I rush and install Linu