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Make the fonts tutorial upto-date with respect to TrueType support in FreeBSD.

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Spl-thanks-to: 	CHOI Junho <junker@jazz.snu.ac.kr> for information
		about Asian font support.
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<!-- $Id: fonts.docb,v 1.2 1998-06-26 10:47:27 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN">
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<chapter>
<title>Can TrueType fonts be used?</title>
<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95,
Mac's,&hellip It is quite popular and there are a great number of
fonts available in this format. Unfortunately, there are only two
applications that I am aware of that can use this format: Ghostscript
and povray. Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation,
is rudimentary and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1
fonts.</para>
<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95, and
Mac's. It is quite popular and there are a great number of
fonts available in this format.</para>
<para>However, groff would need a font description file, and I know
of no tools to construct the metrics from a TrueType font. In
addition, the font would have to be down loaded to postscript
printers in the appropriate format, and again, groff cannot handle
TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para>
<para>Unfortunately, there are few applications that I am aware of
that can use this format: Ghostscript and Povray come to mind.
Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation, is rudimentary
and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1 fonts.
Povray version 3 also has the ability to use TrueType fonts, but
I rather doubt many people will be creating documents as a series of
raytraced pages :-).</para>
<para>X11 has no support for TrueType fonts that I am aware
of.</para>
<para>The only program that I know of that has the ability to use
TrueType fonts is povray version 3, but I rather doubt many people
will be creating documents as a series of raytraced pages!
:-)</para>
<para>Using TrueType with groff is difficult because groff would
need a font description file, and I know of no tools to construct
the metrics from a TrueType font. In addition, the font would have to
be downloaded to postscript printers in the appropriate format,
and again, groff cannot handle TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para>
<para>This rather dismal situation may soon change.
The <ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/">FreeType Project</ulink>
is currently developing a useful set of FreeType tools:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>The <command>xfsft</command> font server for X11 can serve
TrueType fonts in addition to regular fonts. Though currently in
beta, it is said to be quite useable. See <ulink
url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">Juliusz
Chroboczek's page</ulink> for further information. Porting instructions
for FreeBSD can be found at <ulink
url="http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/">Stephen Montgomery's
software page</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>xfstt</command> is another font
server for X11, available under <ulink
url=" ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts">
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem><simpara>A program called <command>ttf2bdf</command> can produce
BDF files suitable for use in an X environment from TrueType files. Linux
binaries are said to be available from <ulink
url="ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General">ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General/</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
For people requiring the use of Asian TrueType fonts, the
<command>XTT</command> font server may be worth a look. Information about
<command>XTT</command> can be found at URL: <ulink
url="http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html">http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>and others &hellip;</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The
<ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/projects.htm">FreeType Projects page
</ulink> is a good starting point for information on these and other
free TrueType projects.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>

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<!-- $Id: article.sgml,v 1.2 1998-06-26 10:47:27 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN">
@ -632,28 +632,71 @@ bash$ <userinput>lpr -Ppostscript example.ps</></screen>
<chapter>
<title>Can TrueType fonts be used?</title>
<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95,
Mac's,&hellip It is quite popular and there are a great number of
fonts available in this format. Unfortunately, there are only two
applications that I am aware of that can use this format: Ghostscript
and povray. Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation,
is rudimentary and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1
fonts.</para>
<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95, and
Mac's. It is quite popular and there are a great number of
fonts available in this format.</para>
<para>However, groff would need a font description file, and I know
of no tools to construct the metrics from a TrueType font. In
addition, the font would have to be down loaded to postscript
printers in the appropriate format, and again, groff cannot handle
TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para>
<para>Unfortunately, there are few applications that I am aware of
that can use this format: Ghostscript and Povray come to mind.
Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation, is rudimentary
and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1 fonts.
Povray version 3 also has the ability to use TrueType fonts, but
I rather doubt many people will be creating documents as a series of
raytraced pages :-).</para>
<para>X11 has no support for TrueType fonts that I am aware
of.</para>
<para>The only program that I know of that has the ability to use
TrueType fonts is povray version 3, but I rather doubt many people
will be creating documents as a series of raytraced pages!
:-)</para>
<para>Using TrueType with groff is difficult because groff would
need a font description file, and I know of no tools to construct
the metrics from a TrueType font. In addition, the font would have to
be downloaded to postscript printers in the appropriate format,
and again, groff cannot handle TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para>
<para>This rather dismal situation may soon change.
The <ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/">FreeType Project</ulink>
is currently developing a useful set of FreeType tools:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>The <command>xfsft</command> font server for X11 can serve
TrueType fonts in addition to regular fonts. Though currently in
beta, it is said to be quite useable. See <ulink
url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">Juliusz
Chroboczek's page</ulink> for further information. Porting instructions
for FreeBSD can be found at <ulink
url="http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/">Stephen Montgomery's
software page</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>xfstt</command> is another font
server for X11, available under <ulink
url=" ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts">
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem><simpara>A program called <command>ttf2bdf</command> can produce
BDF files suitable for use in an X environment from TrueType files. Linux
binaries are said to be available from <ulink
url="ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General">ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General/</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
For people requiring the use of Asian TrueType fonts, the
<command>XTT</command> font server may be worth a look. Information about
<command>XTT</command> can be found at URL: <ulink
url="http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html">http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>and others &hellip;</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The
<ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/projects.htm">FreeType Projects page
</ulink> is a good starting point for information on these and other
free TrueType projects.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>

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<!-- $Id: article.sgml,v 1.2 1998-06-26 10:47:27 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN">
@ -632,28 +632,71 @@ bash$ <userinput>lpr -Ppostscript example.ps</></screen>
<chapter>
<title>Can TrueType fonts be used?</title>
<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95,
Mac's,&hellip It is quite popular and there are a great number of
fonts available in this format. Unfortunately, there are only two
applications that I am aware of that can use this format: Ghostscript
and povray. Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation,
is rudimentary and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1
fonts.</para>
<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95, and
Mac's. It is quite popular and there are a great number of
fonts available in this format.</para>
<para>However, groff would need a font description file, and I know
of no tools to construct the metrics from a TrueType font. In
addition, the font would have to be down loaded to postscript
printers in the appropriate format, and again, groff cannot handle
TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para>
<para>Unfortunately, there are few applications that I am aware of
that can use this format: Ghostscript and Povray come to mind.
Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation, is rudimentary
and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1 fonts.
Povray version 3 also has the ability to use TrueType fonts, but
I rather doubt many people will be creating documents as a series of
raytraced pages :-).</para>
<para>X11 has no support for TrueType fonts that I am aware
of.</para>
<para>The only program that I know of that has the ability to use
TrueType fonts is povray version 3, but I rather doubt many people
will be creating documents as a series of raytraced pages!
:-)</para>
<para>Using TrueType with groff is difficult because groff would
need a font description file, and I know of no tools to construct
the metrics from a TrueType font. In addition, the font would have to
be downloaded to postscript printers in the appropriate format,
and again, groff cannot handle TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para>
<para>This rather dismal situation may soon change.
The <ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/">FreeType Project</ulink>
is currently developing a useful set of FreeType tools:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>The <command>xfsft</command> font server for X11 can serve
TrueType fonts in addition to regular fonts. Though currently in
beta, it is said to be quite useable. See <ulink
url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">Juliusz
Chroboczek's page</ulink> for further information. Porting instructions
for FreeBSD can be found at <ulink
url="http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/">Stephen Montgomery's
software page</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>xfstt</command> is another font
server for X11, available under <ulink
url=" ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts">
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem><simpara>A program called <command>ttf2bdf</command> can produce
BDF files suitable for use in an X environment from TrueType files. Linux
binaries are said to be available from <ulink
url="ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General">ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General/</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
For people requiring the use of Asian TrueType fonts, the
<command>XTT</command> font server may be worth a look. Information about
<command>XTT</command> can be found at URL: <ulink
url="http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html">http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html</ulink>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>and others &hellip;</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The
<ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/projects.htm">FreeType Projects page
</ulink> is a good starting point for information on these and other
free TrueType projects.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>