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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 Linux software for managing Fonts, I'd like to > ask ppl here: > > 1) What font manipulation (eg installing & viewing) software is BEST for me, > in particular, I may want to self-publish some small 'chap-books' > > 2) What fonts are good with Desktop Publishing Software (for Linux). > > 3) What Desktop Publishing software will allow me to print A5 size > chap-books on A4 paper. e.g. so that the A4 document can then be folded in > into an A5 sized book. This simply requires that the A4 size document is > printed with the number of pages being a multiply of four (4). > > 4) I have a number (2 or 3 dozen) public domain free Micro$oft Windows True > Type (I think) fonts... these are on the "Download" page of my googlepages > website. Actually, they've been on there for years. I'd really like to > install some or all of these (in Linux Kubuntu). What is the best approach > for me to go about doing this. I'd like to use my fonts with OpenOffice.org > & also with Desktop publishing software and other programs too. > > > -- > Fond Regards, > Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS > > My free website is: > http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs > > (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
