bigjohn Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Sorry if this sounds like another unsearched/repeated post - it isn't!!! I am trying to install the MSXP fonts. I did previously manage to get some of them from one of the rpms and stuff, that are floating around. But, I have had other major snags with my adsl connection and have had to re-install a number of times, hence trying to get them back in again. I have searched around and don't understand a fair bit of the advice, and as a result have managed to copy ALL the xp fonts to my /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts directory, but when I select the kde look and feel section to try and change some of them to use the ms fonts, they do not appear in the box for selection. My XP install is formatted as ntfs, and I understand that that can be a problem, so what should I do next to get the fonts actually installed on the system, as opposed to just copied to the abovementioned file/directory please??? regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Use kde Control Center>System>Font Installer. I'd recommend it only for installing. The other features have given me a few minor reversable probs. I had the same prob with the augie font, but after using kde's installer, kde can see and use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted January 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 It doesn't appear that I have a "font installer" in the kdecc>system section. I only seem to have the kdecc>fonts to be able to choose from the fonts that the system has installed. Any ideas as to what I should do ??? regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted January 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Oakey doakey, Cancel the last post, I have found a link to sourceforge's instructions to install the true type fonts. which I have managed to follow (not quite sure how, or what it did) and have converted everything to "tahoma". many thanks for the assist bvc regards john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Great! Got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted January 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Yes, I found this http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ link (more by luck than judgement!). It must be straight forward and easy to follow, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to use it. regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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