On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:16:36 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
> Am 2006-11-21 17:07:03, schrieb Ismael Valladolid Torres: >> Jan Willem Stumpel escribe: >> > apt-get install msttcorefonts will do (most of) what you want. >> >> He'll need to enable the non-free repo in his sources.list. > And of cause he need to be On-Line since this Package want to download > something from an external Server. > > Realy bad, if you have no Internet and only CD's or DVD's. Firstly, I would like to thank all who were good enough to reply to my query. Regrettably some of the responses did not make it to my box; the cause is still obscure. However, by following the quotes from the posting from Michelle Konzack - that _did_ make it - I take it that the advice was to use msttcorefonts. I tried that already and the install failed to go to completion for the reason listed above - I was not connected to the internet. And I am reluctant to rerun the package while connected unless I have at least some idea what size of a download I am likely to get. Since I only have a 56k modem, a multi-megabyte download is not undertaken lightly. I was hoping that an alternative route exists, that will enable me to point the TrueType install routine to the directory that contains the few fonts that I already have on my box. Years ago, there were users, with access to both Linux and Windows, who claimed that the Linux substitutes for TrueType fonts were ugly. If this is still the case, then my aesthetic sensibilities are of a low order. As flagged in the original posting, I have lived successfully without my TrueType fonts for more than 12 months and am not convinced that I need them in my current setup (Debian Sarge). I propose to Google the debian.user archives in order to retrieve the postings that I have lost; in the meantime, I hasten to repeat my thanks to all who were good enough to send advice. Felix Karpfen -- Felix Karpfen Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
