| 1 | Installing GNU FreeFont
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| 2 | =======================
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| 3 |
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| 4 | GNU FreeFont can be used in any modern operating system.
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| 5 |
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| 6 | This document explains how to install FreeFont on some common systems.
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| 7 |
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| 8 | UNIX/GNU/Linux/BSD Systems
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| 9 | --------------------------
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| 10 |
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| 11 | FreeFont works with any system using the free font rasterizer FreeType
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| 12 | <http://www.freetype.org/>.
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| 13 |
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| 14 | * Debian GNU/Linux
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| 15 |
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| 16 | Users of Debian GNU/Linux system will probably want to use the Debian package,
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| 17 | available from the Debian site,
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/ttf-freefont.html>,
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| 20 |
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| 21 | or any of its mirrors.
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| 22 |
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| 23 | Install them by issuing the command
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| 24 | apt-get install ttf-freefont
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| 25 |
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| 26 |
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| 27 | * KDE local installation
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| 28 |
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| 29 | Users of KDE can install .ttf files on a per-user basis using the KDE
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| 30 | Control Center module "kcmfontinst", which may appear in the menu as
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| 31 |
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| 32 | Settings -> System Administration -> Font Installer
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| 33 |
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| 34 | This is especially helpful for developers and testers.
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| 35 |
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| 36 |
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| 37 | * Generic X-windows
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| 38 |
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| 39 | 1) Fetch the freefont-ttf.tar.gz package with Free UCS outline fonts
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| 40 | in the TrueType format.
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| 41 |
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| 42 | 2) Unpack TrueType fonts into a suitable directory,
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| 43 | e.g. /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType/
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| 44 |
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| 45 | 3) If you have chosen any other directory, make sure the directory you
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| 46 | used to install the fonts is listed in the path searched by the X
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| 47 | Font Server by editing the config file in /etc/X11/.
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| 48 |
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| 49 | In some systems, you list the directory in the item "catalogue="
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| 50 | in the file /etc/X11/fs/config.
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| 51 |
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| 52 | 4) Run ttmkfdir in the directory where you unpacked the fonts.
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| 53 |
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| 54 |
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| 55 | Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Vista
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| 56 | -------------------------------
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| 57 |
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| 58 | Note that in at least Vista, XP and 2000, the OpenType versions perform much
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| 59 | better than, and are recommended over, the TrueType ones.
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| 60 |
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| 61 | * Vista:
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| 62 | 1) From the Start menu, open Control Panels
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| 63 | 2) Drag-n-drop font files onto Fonts control panel
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| 64 | You may get a dialog saying
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| 65 | "Windows needs your permission to continue"
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| 66 | a) Click Continue
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| 67 |
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| 68 | * 95/98/NT:
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| 69 | The font installation is similar to Vista.
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| 70 |
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| 71 | In order to use OpenType, users of Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 can
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| 72 | install Adobe's 'Type Manager Light'. It is available for download
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| 73 | without cost from Adobe's web site.
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| 74 |
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| 75 | Otherwise, use the TrueType versions.
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| 76 |
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| 77 | Mac OS X
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| 78 | --------
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| 79 |
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| 80 | Installing on Mac OS X consists of moving the .ttf files to either
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| 81 | /Library/Fonts/ or ~/Library/Fonts/
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| 82 | depending on whether they should be available to all users on your system
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| 83 | or just to yourself.
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| 84 |
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| 85 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| 86 | $Id: INSTALL,v 1.7 2008/12/26 12:33:31 Stevan_White Exp $
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