Thank you.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:44 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < [email protected]> wrote: > Well . . . . > > I have over 1.5 GB of those fonts in the "handwriting, script, and brush" > folder. > > If you really want to look for specific fonts, you might want to try the > free font sites. > Many of those have a large number of these types of fonts. All you have > to do it look and choose. > > Uploading takes hours and hours. One DVD in size takes about 10 hours to > upload. > > So, look at those free fonts sites first. Then if you really want to get > MY Collection, we can talk. > > > > On 02/26/2013 03:16 PM, anne-ology wrote: > >> I guess it'd be asking too much for you to share your script-fonts >> with me ;-) >> >> I've been missing them so ... ... ... >> you could DropBox them - http://db.tt/QBTMH08Z >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:40 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I use to go online to the different free font sites [googled them] >>> >>> Now I have over 14 GB worth and over 100,000 font files. Every so often >>> I >>> do some more sorting to the different style and type folders [i.e. >>> handwriting, holiday, etc.]. The standard Serif and San-serif fonts are >>> sorted by name. >>> >>> There are many, many, free font sites out there. Some better than >>> others. >>> Right now I tend to look for ones for special usage, like letters made >>> out >>> of bones, or rope, or look like wood. That sort of thing, when I need >>> something I do not have. I have a large collection of handwriting ones. >>> Alway want to find better ones for different types of documents. I >>> currently have over 10,000 handwritten, script, calligraphy, and brush >>> type. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 02/26/2013 01:41 PM, anne-ology wrote: >>> >>> and how does one acquire these nice fonts? >>>> I sure would like to know why the good ones seem to be >>>> replaced >>>> by these odd-character ones, >>>> which may or may not be some legitimate Asian language >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 6:34 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I have been using Windows since Win95 days, whether I liked it or >>>> not. I >>>> >>>>> have been using Linux more than Windows since Feb 2010. >>>>> >>>>> The only real problem I had with Windows and Fonts, was almost every >>>>> time >>>>> I installed a new packages, it seemed to want to add a set of fonts to >>>>> the >>>>> /fonts/ folder whether I wanted them or not. Some did not give me any >>>>> choice. One dumped almost 120 new fonts into that folder, and it was >>>>> not >>>>> something I expected would have any and did not give me the option to >>>>> say I >>>>> do not want them. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, LibreOffice may, with some OS version, place fonts in a folder of >>>>> their choosing and not mine or the normal place[s] where they are kept, >>>>> but >>>>> it is not as bad as some I have dealt with. One wanted to add over 550 >>>>> fonts to my Windows font folder. That was a vector graphic package >>>>> back >>>>> in >>>>> the Win XP days. >>>>> >>>>> What I do, when I find these other font folders, is make sure I copy >>>>> the >>>>> fonts to a "storage" folder and then install them so the rest of the >>>>> packages can access them. I did that with the LO fonts including the >>>>> DejaVu ones. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 02/25/2013 05:40 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I should have added my caveat that I claim no computer expertise. I'm >>>>> >>>>>> just a weekend geek with enough knowledge to be dangerous. >>>>>> >>>>>> When I copy fonts to my C:\Windows\Fonts folder, I get a message >>>>>> saying >>>>>> something along the lines of "Installing ____ font" or words to that >>>>>> effect. It may be (again I speak from ignorance) that copying the >>>>>> fonts >>>>>> does the same thing as using the "official" install procedure. Windows >>>>>> is >>>>>> notorious for having a zillion different ways of accomplishing a task. >>>>>> >>>>>> My experience has been that fonts installed in the C:\Windows\Fonts >>>>>> folder are available system wide. Again, I've never had a problem >>>>>> regardless of my method of installation. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, fonts installed in other folders may only be available to >>>>>> specific programs. For example, Adobe Reader comes bundled with a >>>>>> couple of >>>>>> really nice fonts (ex. Minion Pro), but it installs them in a >>>>>> subfolder >>>>>> of >>>>>> the Adobe Reader program. I've always suspected that Adobe does this >>>>>> on >>>>>> purpose so that the fonts are available *only* to Adobe Reader and not >>>>>> other programs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Virgil >>>>>> >>>>>> <snip> >>>>>> >>>>> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
