fonts...

[Ron]

Thanks for the help Mark.  I have a bunch more fonts installed and my wife is 
happy once again :)

Ron

On Saturday 24 June 2006 11:12 pm, Mark A. Taff wrote:
> On Saturday 24 June 2006 12:07, Ron wrote:
> > Thanks for the help Mark, but how do you use the font installer?  I
> > clicked in administrator mode and put in my password and it shows a few
> > fonts, but how do I actually install those fonts?  Also, is there a place
> > on the web or, better yet, in the repositories to download more fonts? 
> > Like the fonts that I get in windows?  Sorry for all the questions.  I
> > want to make my wife happy or she will make me go back to windows, but I
> > want to gradually move away from windows and, hopefully, one day
> > uninstall it altogether. However, if I can't get my wife, who is really
> > computer illiterate, to learn to like and use Linux, I won't ever be able
> > to do that :(
>
> I'm sure most/many of the F/OSS fonts are already installed.  You could
> google to find some more.  FYI, there is *no* difference between Windows
> and Linux True-type fonts.  So one could simply copy the fonts from your
> favorite MS Windows machine on floppy/zip/cdrom/dvd/flashkey/etc and
> install them with the font installer previously mentioned.
>
> Also, many printers come with a cdrom containing fonts, as do graphics
> software like corel draw, photoshop, etc.
>
> Most of the fonts I use I originally got with a free version of Corel draw
> that came with an ink-jet printer I bought about 8-9 years ago.
>
> HTH, ask more questions if it doesn't.
>
> Mark