[ubuntu-za] Installing Freetype

[Lee Sharp]

David Robert Lewis wrote:
> Somebody on the forum persuaded me to use
> 
> ttf-mscorefonts-installer
> 
> 
> instead of the
> 
> msttcorefonts
> 
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure x-ttcidfont-conf
> 
> Then which gives me a drop down menu to select the Freetype fonts. I do 
> this but nothing actually happens. My wine is still asking for them? 
> What should I do? I can only find a tutorial for Debian 
> <http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-howto-install-truetype-freetype-and-msttcorefonts-fonts.html>
> but nothing for Ubuntu Hardy.
> 
> So I am very tempted to simply install them with the makefile method.

I have not installed that method, and used msttcorefonts.  However, you 
also have to convince WINE to use your installed fonts, and not its own 
font directory.  I can not remember off hand how to do this.

			Lee