On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Aaron M. Stromas wrote: > > hi, > > i've got tired of the tiny fonts in netscape and installed the xfstt and > the freefont package. when i ran the 'xfstt --sync' it complained about > not finding any *.ttf files. i looked at what is in the freefont package > and discovered that the fonts are in .pbf format. >
I'm not completly sure, but pbf aren't ttf fonts. I think they are Type 1 fonts. Instead of xfstt use xfs and type1inst. Of course you can have both installed at a time. > so, xfstt is not meant to use freefont? > > according to freefont's documentation all that's needed is to restart > the x server but that does not solve the netscape problem. i've searched > for the basic .ttf fonts without success, although i've seen some > suggestions to use fonts off the m$ site. after a while i tried it but > all i see are .exe files. can somebody explain the business with > freefont and also point me to the source of .ttf? please, cc me as i'm > temporary unsubscribed. tia, > > -a > > > -- > Aaron Stromas | "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg..." > Oracle Corp | BRTN commentator > +1 703.708.68.21 | L'Alpe d'Huez > 1995 Tour de France > > > > > ---------------------------------------- Juli-Manel Merino Vidal [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net ---------------------------------------- >>> Running Debian/GNU Linux 2.1
