diff --git a/en/tutorials/fonts/fonts.docb b/en/tutorials/fonts/fonts.docb index 5948268167..c7e8221d43 100644 --- a/en/tutorials/fonts/fonts.docb +++ b/en/tutorials/fonts/fonts.docb @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: fonts.docb,v 1.1 1997-02-15 18:02:20 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $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"> @@ -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 …</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> diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml index 4d46efb511..dd781b6f04 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: article.sgml,v 1.1 1997-02-15 18:02:20 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $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 …</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> diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml index 4d46efb511..dd781b6f04 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: article.sgml,v 1.1 1997-02-15 18:02:20 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $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 …</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>