<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>TrueType Fonts in Debian mini-HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="TT-Debian-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>TrueType Fonts in Debian mini-HOWTO</H1> <H2>Bear Giles, <CODE> <A HREF="mailto:bgiles@coyotesong.com">bgiles@coyotesong.com</A></CODE></H2>v0.3, 10 January 2000 <P><HR> <EM>This document describes how to configure a Debian system to use TrueType fonts for display and printing. The most recent version of this document can be obtained in HTML format at <CODE> <A HREF="http://www.dimensional.com/~bgiles/debian-tt.html">http://www.dimensional.com/~bgiles/debian-tt.html</A></CODE></EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Disclaimer</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Credits</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 Additional links</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.4">1.4 Change log</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.5">1.5 Feedback</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.6">1.6 Related projects</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html#ss1.7">1.7 Distribution</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-2.html">Display (what they never told you)</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 A look ahead to XFree86 4.0</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Review: Preparation before changing <CODE>X</CODE> configuration files.</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html">Display (<CODE>X</CODE> and the font servers)</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Setting up the <CODE>xfs</CODE> Font Server</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Setting up the <CODE>xfstt</CODE> Font Server and installing TrueType fonts</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Using TrueType fonts</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Installing additional TrueType fonts</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 Internationalization</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-3.html#ss3.6">3.6 Security Issues</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-4.html">Printing (<CODE>ghostscript</CODE>)</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Configuring <CODE>Ghostscript</CODE> to use TrueType fonts</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Printing TrueType font specimens</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html">Content Generation</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 Generating <CODE>AFM</CODE> font metrics</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 Generating <CODE>font.map</CODE> files</A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 Image manipulation: <CODE>GIMP</CODE></A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 ASCII to PostScript conversion: <CODE>enscript</CODE></A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html#ss5.5">5.5 Text Formatting and Typesetting: <CODE>groff</CODE></A> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-5.html#ss5.6">5.6 Text Formatting and Typesetting: <CODE>TeX</CODE></A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-6.html">Unanswered questions</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-7.html">Obtaining TrueType Fonts</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="TT-Debian-7.html#ss7.1">7.1 A comment about using Microsoft's free TrueType fonts</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="TT-Debian-8.html">Legalities</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="TT-Debian-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>