Re: [LUG] OK so I've installed msttcorefonts...

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In article <200209271454.02523.tone_pl@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Atkin
<tone_pl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have not yet got around to installing lots of truetype fonts on my new
> Debian 3 system but it is a job I need to do.   The Debian package
> "msttcorefonts" is, I understand, designed to download and install the
> Microsoft core fonts, but, as you say, Microsoft has stopped giving them
> away so I guess it will not work.

Correct

[Snip]

> There are detailed instructions on installing truetype fonts for Debian
> at: http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/xfree4_tt.html . Follow the
> instructions for installing non packaged fonts. 

Been there, done that - but my terminal says:

cannot stat '/c/windows/fonts/*.ttf no such file or directory

and it won't listen when I say firmly to it that it does.


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