Changeset 056b4ceb for x/installing
- Timestamp:
- 08/30/2023 12:23:44 AM (13 months ago)
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- 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, gimp3, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/llvm18, xry111/spidermonkey128
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- a41ab12f
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- 32f90b1
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x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml
r32f90b1 r056b4ceb 47 47 If a font provides both TTF and OTF forms, prefer the OTF form in 48 48 linux, it may provide more features for programs which know how to use them 49 (such as xelatex). But if a font is supplied iwith one or more variable fonts,49 (such as xelatex). But if a font is supplied with one or more variable fonts, 50 50 do not use those - desktop applications need static fonts. For information 51 51 about variable fonts see <ulink … … 56 56 57 57 <para> 58 For some scripts <application>pango</application> is required to58 For some scripts, <application>pango</application> is required to 59 59 render things correctly, either by selecting different glyph forms, or by 60 60 combining glyphs - in both cases, according to the context. This applies … … 64 64 <para> 65 65 Standard scalable fonts that come with <application>X</application> 66 provide very poor Unicode coverage. You may notice in applications that67 use <application>Xft</application> that some characters appear as a box68 with four binary digits inside. In this case, a font with the69 required glyphs has not been found. Other times, applications that 70 don't use other font families by default and don't accept substitutions71 from <application>Fontconfig</application> will display blank lines when72 thedefault font doesn't cover the orthography of the user's language.66 provide very poor Unicode coverage. In applications that use 67 <application>Xft</application> you may notice that some characters appear 68 as a box with four binary digits inside. In this case, a font with the 69 required glyphs has not been found. Other times, applications that don't 70 use other font families by default and don't accept substitutions from 71 <application>Fontconfig</application> will display blank lines when the 72 default font doesn't cover the orthography of the user's language. 73 73 </para> 74 74 … … 92 92 <para> 93 93 In the past, everybody recommended running <command>fc-cache</command> 94 as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>user after installing95 or removing fonts, but this is no-longer necessary on linux ,94 as the &root; user after installing 95 or removing fonts, but this is no-longer necessary on linux. 96 96 <application>fontconfig</application> will do it automatically if needed and 97 97 if its caches are more than 30 seconds old. But if you add a font and want to … … 149 149 <para> 150 150 Fonts are often supplied in zip files, requiring <xref linkend="unzip"/> 151 to list and extract them, but even if the current release is a tarball 151 to list and extract them, but even if the current release is a tarball, 152 152 you should still check to see if it will create a directory (scattering 153 153 the contents of a zipfile or tarball across the current directory can be … … 164 164 <xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/>. In this particular package, the TTF files 165 165 are in a subdirectory. From the unpacked source directory, run the 166 following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> 167 user: 166 following commands as the &root; user: 168 167 </para> 169 168 … … 188 187 189 188 <para> 190 To provide greater Unicode coverage, you are recommended toinstall189 To provide greater Unicode coverage, install 191 190 some of the following fonts, depending on what websites and languages you 192 191 wish to read. The next part of this page details some fonts which cover … … 196 195 <note> 197 196 <para> 198 You are strongly recommended to installthe <xref199 linkend="dejavu-fonts"/> .197 Installation of the <xref 198 linkend="dejavu-fonts"/> is strongly recommended. 200 199 </para> 201 200 </note>
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