Hi
(I'm taking this to linux-il, because it seems the right place for that)
* there are better alternatives (IMHO) to the fonts from globes
* Users of redhat and mandrake probably don't have to install xfstt
see comments below (and please correct me where I'm wrong)...
(BTW: anybody tried using XFree84 4.0 with true-type fonts?)
--
Tzafrir Cohen
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Boaz Rymland wrote:
> Following, is a setup instructions for TrueType fonts under Linux
> Netscape. I'm REALLY not a Linux guru, and in fact, I'm rather
> clueless
> when it comes to fonts under Linux.
> But, I have a working solution here, at my work computer, and since no
> guru has done *this* simple mail before (yes, it's very simple, its
> quick,
> and the results are very satisfying for visual hebrew sites. And yes,
> somehow I haven't seen it before on this list [though I might have
> missed it...])
>
> 1. DL xfstt (X font server- True type) rpm. I dont have a link to it
> here. On such cases I do a search on google - xfstt rpm (it does AND
> by
> default).
You can download it from:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/
See http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/xfstt.html for some availble rpms
(haven't tried any of them).
Actually - Redhat (>=6.0) and Mandrake (>=6.0) already have a seperate x
fonts server (xfs) that supports true-type fonts (any other distros come
with it?), so it saves you part of the download and install.
About its configuration - see below...
> 2. DL the hebrew fornts from globes site (hebrew edition) for netscape
> -1
> the latest version. You should have dl'd the file globes32.exe .
Actually I don't recommend using them - the hebrew italic is actually
bold, and the hebrew bold is "bold and huge".
There are also some other "web fonts" from snunit:
http://www.snunit.k12.il/downloads/hebfont.exe
I believe that it can be installed in the same manner.
Alternatvely: If you happen to have hebrew windows around you can grab
hebrew fonts from there. I recommend at least the basic set of Arial
(arial*.ttf), Courier New (cour*.ttf) and Times New Roman (typically -
times*.ttf). You can use any other fonts. Those fonts already have hebrew
encoding.
Alternatively - you can download versions of those three fonts from MS
typography site:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm :
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/arial32.exe
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/times32.exe
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/courie32.exe
Also have a look at: ftp://ivrix.org.il/pub/ivrix/fonts/ttf/ms/ .
Note that those are not pkzip archives, and therefore unzip won't exatract
them. Any idea how to extract the fonts from there without the need of a
windows box?
See ftp://ivrix.org.il/pub/ivrix/fonts/ttf/ms/README for explanation why
we can't simply put the TTFs there.
>
> 3. Unpack the globes32.exe in this manner: "unzip globes32.exe" (dont
> use gunzip)
Or use any other method to get those .ttf files
> 4. (you probably need to be root here) Move all the extracted fonts to
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype (you might need to "mkdir
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype")
>
> ** I'm not sure - play on the safe side here and switch to console -
> kill your X
No need for that with RH xfs. simply make sure that xfs is running:
/etc/rc.d.init.d/xfs status
(although chances are that X won't be running properly without it, as the
default fontpath for X is only to use this fonts server).
> 5. rpm -Uvh xfstt...rpm
>
> 6. cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype
>
If you use RedHat's xfs:
from within this directory run:
ttmkfdir > fonts.dir
> 7. xfstt --sync
instead run:
chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/truetype
(no need to restart xfs or X).
If anything goes wrong:
edit /etc/X11/fs/config and add the reuired path there. and then:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start
(don't use "restart" here - for some strange reason "restart" actually
does "reload" here, instead of "stop","start". If anything was wrong with
the syntax of the config file there are chances that it may fail, but the
script itself will return "success")
>
> 8. log out from root.
>
> 9. start your X.
To see all of the hebrew fonts:
xlsfonts -fn "*8859-8"
(typically - a long list)
or use xfontsel or gfontsel . kfontmanager is less convinient for that.
> load Netscape. In Netscape -
> Edit->Prefrences->Appearance->fonts
>
> change only on the second "box" there - "Variable Width font" : you
> should have an option of "Globes" - Choose it !
>
> 10. Enjoy!
That is the most important part...
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