On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:12:28 +0000 "Aneurin Price" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Paul Cartwright > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know this has been talked about before, but a google search and a > > search of my archives turned up nil.. > > I saw this nice web site that has a free font that is supposed to > > save 20% of the normal ink useage, so I downloaded it. > > http://www.ecofont.eu/downloads_en.html > > > > 2 questions > > 1. the other ttf fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/truetype. they are > > all in folders, but the folders have multiple files. this is only 1 > > file. Do I need to create a folder for it? > > > > 2. I can't find/remember the command to restart the font server, > > other than restarting X, is there one? > > > > Do you know you're actually using a font server? I ask because I > haven't seen one in nearly a decade. > > Have you tried simply copying the ttf file into $(HOME)/.fonts/? This > has been sufficient for me for at least a couple of years, but it's > possible that there's some DE magic happening behind the scenes > (works with both Gnome and KDE at least, ...and also in Xfce... > but I don't know if either > is required). I don't believe I've had to restart anything other than > the application in which I want to use the new font. > > -Nye > > -- Nyizsa. http://nyizsa.uni.cc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
