RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] Text rendering status

["Neil Howe" <NeilH@xxxxxxxx>]

> 
> In message <5056CBC646CB4047BB26120F4377DB719BA236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>           "Charles Moir" <CharlesM@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Yes in Ubuntu using Synaptic you can install the MS Core fonts, and
it
> > seems (from a few very simple tests) to use the correct MS fonts.
> >
> > What I do not understand is that opening the Fonts folder (System
> > Preferences -> Font and selecting Go to font Folder) does not show
the
> > MS fonts in the font folder. So where on earth have they gone?
Perhaps
> > that isn't the font folder as it implies.
> 
> Typically, there are several font folders: system-wide fonts,
> package-specific font directories (OpenOffice, Java, etc.) and there
> can be user-specific fonts, too. The file /etc/fonts/fonts.conf lists
> the system font path somewhere near the start. The rest of the file
> defines system-wide font mappings.
> 
> You can have additional font cofiguration in the file ~/.fonts.conf
> (in your home directory). I guess, your own user-specific fonts are
> probably installed in ~/.fonts
> 
> > Isn't there a simple central font viewer that shows all installed
> > fonts on Linux?
> 
> You can see all personal fonts and system-wide fonts by running
>   kcmshell kcmfontinst
> This shows the personal fonts first. By clicking on the "System
> administration" button and entering the root password you can see the
> system-wide fonts. Click on a font in the list to see a text sample.

Yes I get basically the same behaviour as Charles. If I drag and drop a
TTF file into a File browser which is looking at the fonts:/// folder,
nothing appears to happen (no new entries appear in the font list in the
browser I dropped onto). But the font file has been copied into ~/.fonts
and XaraLX uses it.

Using "kcmshell kcmfontinst" I do see the new font listed. Can't see a
"System Admin" button though (this is on Fedora).

So when we want to distribute fonts with Xara LX, where should we be
installing them to?

Neil