On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Peter Dyballa <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Am 12.12.2010 um 18:56 schrieb Tim Arnold: > > > I open the font in fontbook and export the >> font; tar/gzip the resulting directory and transfer to linux. Maybe >> fontbook's export converts it from a xelatex-readable format to one thats >> not. >> > > Do you mean with "fontbook" Apple's Font Book application? > > Is the font file a plain file or does it have a very small size, 0 bytes > for example? Such a file needs processing, with for example fondu. > > Another failure on your Linux PC might be that the font still has not been > cached in the (lib)fontconfig system – see fc-cache, fc-list, fc-match > commands. > > What does the file command on your Linux PC tell you about the ulhi8a font > file? > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > Yes, it's Font Book, the mac app. And you're right, the font files were 0 byte files. With your help and Michiel's, I finally figured out that I had bought TrueType and needed OpenType. A quick trip to buy the opentype version of URW's Lucida Handwriting and my linux server is business. unzipped the file on the shared webserver into the user's local ~/.fonts directory and everything works. thanks for all the info and help, --Tim Arnold
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