Subject: Re: TrueType fonts in AbiWord: Part Deux
From: Tomas Frydrych (tomas@frydrych.uklinux.net)
Date: Mon Jul 30 2001 - 03:46:20 CDT
I will look into this, but it may take little while.
Tomas
> Hi. The directions on our FAQ for installing TrueType fonts in AbiWord
> don't appear be completely accurate. I took some "properly installed"
> True Type fonts and dropped them in a new abisuite fonts folder. AbiWord
> than complained that it could not read the font metrics file for times
> new roman(*.afm file). Running the ttfadmin.sh script now distributed
> with AbiWord does fix this, but only, it seems for certain fonts. Fonts
> like Verdana and MS Trebuchet will appear on the screen fine but will
> print in the default Times New Roman Font only. So unless someone tells
> me I am doing something wrong, I am going to update the FAQ to reflect
> this.
>
> Also Tomas Frydrych's(I hope I got that right) instructions are no
> longer accurate either. AbiWord does not "automatically install support
> files". You have to manually run the ttfadmin.sh script manually on the
> Abisuite/fonts directory.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> P.S. This process *DOES* work beautifully for fonts like Arial, Times
> and courier. Fonts look great on screen and print perfectly WYSIWYG
> AFICT.
>
>
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