<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>TrueType Fonts with XFree86 4.x mini-HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE> <LINK HREF="TT-XFree86-2.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="TT-XFree86.html#toc1" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="TT-XFree86-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="TT-XFree86.html#toc1">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2> <H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Copyright</A> </H2> <P>Download, copy and redistribute this text freely. If you do any changes, please submit them to me, and I will pass them to the LDP, of course, credit will be given. <P>Copyright (c) 2001 by Bartek Kostrzewa <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Disclaimer</A> </H2> <P>Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow any potential liability for the contents of this document. Use of the concepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirely at your own risk. <P>All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. <P>Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements. <P>You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before major installation and backups at regular intervals. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 News</A> </H2> <P> <UL> <LI>1.5: Change my e-mail adress and modified some X-Free versioning numbers.</LI> <LI>0.0.4: Some content added, explaining how to add fontpath's to the XF86Config.</LI> <LI>0.0.3: Due to possible legal problems some modifications were done.</LI> <LI>0.0.2: This release cleans up some errors I wrote about Netscape font scaling.</LI> <LI>0.0.1: Initial release.</LI> </UL> <P>This document can be found at: <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86.html</A><P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Credits</A> </H2> <P>I'd like to thank Bear Giles for his Debian TTF howto which brought me on the right path :o). <P>Of course, credit should also go to the XFree86 crew for the enormous effort of maintaining XFree86, and Joerg Pommnitz for writing <CODE>ttmkfdir</CODE>. <P>Also I'd like to pass a BIG big thank you to the LDP for building and maintaining a network of helping hands which already guided many people through the hard to overcome the learning curve Linux has. <P>Thanks to Joe Meadows for notifying me that this howto probably described an illegal act in version 0.0.2 and earlier. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Translations</A> </H2> <P>Apparently some translations of this document have been written but I don't know where to find them since the authors did not contact me, (no wonder, I did not update since 2001). Please do continue to translate. <P>Any comments or suggestions can be mailed to my mail address: <A HREF="mailto:bartek_at_spillkescht.lu/">bartek_at_spillkescht.lu</A><P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="TT-XFree86-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="TT-XFree86.html#toc1">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
