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   1                            Installing GNU FreeFont
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   3  
   4  GNU FreeFont can be used in any modern operating system.
   5  
   6  This document explains how to install FreeFont on some common systems.
   7  
   8  UNIX/GNU/Linux/BSD Systems
   9  --------------------------
  10  
  11  FreeFont works with any system using the free font rasterizer FreeType
  12  <http://www.freetype.org/>.  Some features such as glyph substitution and
  13  positioning may be handled by the text layout library
  14  Pango <http://www.pango.org/>.
  15  
  16  Most recent systems using FreeType2 and Pango handle OpenType fonts well,
  17  but on older systems TrueType may perform better.
  18  
  19  * Debian GNU/Linux
  20  
  21  Users of Debian GNU/Linux system will probably want to use the Debian package,
  22  named 'ttf-freefont', available from the Debian Linux site.
  23  
  24  Install the fonts by issuing the command
  25      apt-get install ttf-freefont
  26  
  27  
  28  * KDE local installation
  29  
  30  Users of KDE can install .ttf files on a per-user basis using the KDE 
  31  Control Center module "kcmfontinst", which may appear in the menu as
  32  
  33      Settings -> System Administration -> Font Installer
  34  
  35  This is especially helpful for developers and testers.
  36  
  37  
  38  * Generic X Window systems
  39  
  40      1) Fetch the freefont-ttf.tar.gz package with Free UCS outline fonts
  41         in the TrueType format.
  42  
  43      2) Unpack TrueType fonts into a suitable directory,
  44         e.g. /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType/
  45  
  46      3) If you have chosen any other directory, make sure the directory you
  47         used to install the fonts is listed in the path searched by the X
  48         Font Server by editing the config file in /etc/X11/.
  49  
  50         In some systems, you list the directory in the item "catalogue="
  51         in the file /etc/X11/fs/config.
  52  
  53      4) Run ttmkfdir in the directory where you unpacked the fonts.
  54  
  55  
  56  Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Vista/7
  57  -------------------------------------------
  58  
  59  Note that in at least Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000, the TrueType versions
  60  perform much better than, and are recommended over, the OpenType ones.
  61  
  62  For good font smoothing in Windows, Microsoft ClearType must be enabled.
  63  The native Windows web browser must be used to install, enable, and configure
  64  ClearType. A web search for "ClearType Tuner" will find the proper web pages.
  65  Recent versions of the browser raise a security block (a yellow bar at the
  66  top of the window), which you must act upon to allow installation.  A
  67  checkbox in the window turns ClearType on (in Win-speek, "Turn on ClearType").
  68  The change happens immediately.
  69  
  70  * Vista, Windows 7:
  71      1) From the Start menu, open Control Panels
  72      2) Drag-n-drop font files onto Fonts control panel
  73             You may get a dialog saying
  74              "Windows needs your permission to continue"
  75         a) Click Continue
  76  
  77  * 95/98/NT:
  78      The font installation is similar to Vista.
  79  
  80      In order to use OpenType, users of Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 can
  81      install Adobe's 'Type Manager Light', which may be obtained from
  82      the Adobe web site.
  83  
  84      Otherwise, use the TrueType versions.
  85  
  86  Apple Mac OS X
  87  --------------
  88  
  89  Support for OpenType on MacOS X started with OS 10.4, and has been improved
  90  gradually in later versions.
  91  
  92  Installing on Mac OS X consists of moving the font files to either
  93      /Library/Fonts/  or  ~/Library/Fonts/
  94  depending on whether they should be available to all users on your system
  95  or just to your own user.
  96  
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  98  $Id: INSTALL,v 1.11 2011-06-12 07:14:12 Stevan_White Exp $