2 small linux questions

Tech Support Forum Linux, BSD and Other OS's
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I got some questions about linux:

  1. How can I convert windows fonts to linux fonts? Or does linux also use ttf-files for fonts?
  2. On webpages rendered in firefox and swiftfox, the radio boxes (those circle buttons to click in) on websites aren’t smoothly round, but look more like flowers. Is there any workaround to get them just as smooth as in Opera and Konqueror?
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Yes, you can use ttf fonts in Linux! What flavor of Linux are you using? (Ubuntu etc) and i can give you more specific instructions on how to add them (Google has a wealth of knowledge btw)

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I am using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn at the moment.

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Do the following in a terminal… you can copy fonts into /usr/share/fonts or /home/your-user-name/.fonts (you might have to create that directory though), i would suggest that you use /usr/share/fonts as any user on that machine can use them!

sudo cp font.ttf /usr/share/fonts/<font.ttf>
sudo fc-cache -f -v

Rebuilding the fonts cache might take awhile (sudo fc-cache -f -v), Hope this helps!

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So if I want to install tahoma.ttf, I should put that file into /usr/share/fonts, and then with the terminal browse to /usr/share/fonts and enter sudo cp tahoma.ttf /usr/share/fonts/tahoma.ttf. And then sudo fc-cache -f -v. Is that right?
edit: I was planning to install the Windows fonts, so I could also do apt-get install msttcorefonts. Thanks for the help :smiley:

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I think Mandriva had a graphical wizard which could import windows fonts from your windows installation.

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Yeah Mandriva has many wizards. Also a wizard for ndiswrapper. (I used mandriva 2007 power pack for a while).

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I am assuming you have already done it, but yes that seems right (sorry, i feel asleep!)

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I tried it, and it worked :D. I just had to put the fonts into /usr/share/fonts and then reload the cache.
[ot]I didn’t know that CP meant Copy hahaha[/ot]

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[ot]
[QUOTE=RH]
I didn’t know that CP meant Copy hahaha
[/QUOTE]
look here for basic *nix commands (near bottom of page)[/ot]

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Thanks :slight_smile: