Re: [LI] Re: Windows fonts on Linux

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I posted it.
Type xfstt in the http://www.freshmeat.net search box
Fonts are provided through a font server and I have used this xfstt ttf font
server to provide
/windows/windows/fonts/*.ttf inside Linux

----- Original Message -----
From: Shivshankar Sastry <sastry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 8:17 AM
Subject: [LI] Re: Windows fonts on Linux


> Mr. Indranil Dasgupta writes:
>
> >You are supposed to do what is being adviced on this list so often, but
> >rarely paid any heed to -- *search the archives*!!
>
> Search the Archives!!! What an earth-shakingly brilliant suggestion! Now
> why didn't I think of that?
>
> Of the 229 messages in the BLUG archive (as of 16 Nov 1999), there is no
> subject that cotains the word Fonts or Windows, and a few with the word
> Linux. A net search revealed 9.8 million matches for the word "archives".
> Perhaps Mr. Indranil Dasgupta would be kind enough to condescend to throw
> down a few scraps of assistance to a lowdown Linux newbie and help him
> narrow down his search by "advicing" what archives I am supposed to search
in?
>
>
>
>
> >Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:13:46 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Indranil Das Gupta <indradg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [LI] Windows fonts on Linux
> >
> >On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Shivshankar Sastry wrote:
> >>
> >> In my confusion and excitement as I was doing a first time newbie
install
> >> of Linux a month ago I vaguely remember a message that seemed to say
that I
> >> can ship my Windows fonts into Linux and use them
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if my memory is playing tricks with me, but does this
sound
> >> feasible? If so what am I supposed to do?
> >
> >You are supposed to do what is being adviced on this list so often, but
> >rarely paid any heed to -- *search the archives*!!
> >
> >- --Indra.
>
>
>         Shivshankar Sastry
>       cybersurg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2839
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