| 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/>. Some features such as glyph substitution and
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| 13 | positioning may be handled by the text layout library
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| 14 | Pango <http://www.pango.org/>.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | Most recent systems using FreeType2 and Pango handle OpenType fonts well,
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| 17 | but on older systems TrueType may perform better.
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| 18 |
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| 19 | * Debian GNU/Linux
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| 20 |
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| 21 | Users of Debian GNU/Linux system will probably want to use the Debian package,
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| 22 | named 'ttf-freefont', available from the Debian Linux site.
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| 23 |
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| 24 | Install the fonts by issuing the command
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| 25 | apt-get install ttf-freefont
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| 26 |
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| 27 |
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| 28 | * KDE local installation
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| 29 |
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| 30 | Users of KDE can install .ttf files on a per-user basis using the KDE
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| 31 | Control Center module "kcmfontinst", which may appear in the menu as
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| 32 |
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| 33 | Settings -> System Administration -> Font Installer
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| 34 |
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| 35 | This is especially helpful for developers and testers.
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| 36 |
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| 37 |
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| 38 | * Generic X Window systems
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| 39 |
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| 40 | 1) Fetch the freefont-ttf.tar.gz package with Free UCS outline fonts
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| 41 | in the TrueType format.
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| 42 |
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| 43 | 2) Unpack TrueType fonts into a suitable directory,
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| 44 | e.g. /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType/
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| 45 |
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| 46 | 3) If you have chosen any other directory, make sure the directory you
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| 47 | used to install the fonts is listed in the path searched by the X
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| 48 | Font Server by editing the config file in /etc/X11/.
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| 49 |
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| 50 | In some systems, you list the directory in the item "catalogue="
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| 51 | in the file /etc/X11/fs/config.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | 4) Run ttmkfdir in the directory where you unpacked the fonts.
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| 54 |
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| 55 |
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| 56 | Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Vista/7
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| 57 | -------------------------------------------
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| 58 |
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| 59 | Note that in at least Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000, the TrueType versions
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| 60 | perform much better than, and are recommended over, the OpenType ones.
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| 61 |
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| 62 | For good font smoothing in Windows, Microsoft ClearType must be enabled.
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| 63 | The native Windows web browser must be used to install, enable, and configure
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| 64 | ClearType. A web search for "ClearType Tuner" will find the proper web pages.
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| 65 | Recent versions of the browser raise a security block (a yellow bar at the
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| 66 | top of the window), which you must act upon to allow installation. A
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| 67 | checkbox in the window turns ClearType on (in Win-speek, "Turn on ClearType").
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| 68 | The change happens immediately.
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| 69 |
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| 70 | * Vista, Windows 7:
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| 71 | 1) From the Start menu, open Control Panels
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| 72 | 2) Drag-n-drop font files onto Fonts control panel
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| 73 | You may get a dialog saying
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| 74 | "Windows needs your permission to continue"
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| 75 | a) Click Continue
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| 76 |
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| 77 | * 95/98/NT:
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| 78 | The font installation is similar to Vista.
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| 79 |
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| 80 | In order to use OpenType, users of Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 can
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| 81 | install Adobe's 'Type Manager Light', which may be obtained from
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| 82 | the Adobe web site.
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| 83 |
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| 84 | Otherwise, use the TrueType versions.
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| 85 |
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| 86 | Apple Mac OS X
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| 87 | --------------
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| 88 |
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| 89 | Support for OpenType on MacOS X started with OS 10.4, and has been improved
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| 90 | gradually in later versions.
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| 91 |
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| 92 | Installing on Mac OS X consists of moving the font files to either
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| 93 | /Library/Fonts/ or ~/Library/Fonts/
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| 94 | depending on whether they should be available to all users on your system
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| 95 | or just to your own user.
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| 96 |
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| 97 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| 98 | $Id: INSTALL,v 1.11 2011-06-12 07:14:12 Stevan_White Exp $
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