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Re: Dingbats fonts using 'xfstt'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bsc@klondike.ml.org)
Mon Nov 30 14:22:32 1998
From: bsc@klondike.ml.org
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:21:15 -0800
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.03.9811301006470.8593-100000@localhost.localdomain>; from Brent Sims on Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 10:11:53AM -0700
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Just so we don't chase the wrong goose. I am not using symbolic links to
the directory that stores truetype fonts but I do get black squares for
any non-alphabetic font sets.
Blair.
On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 10:11:53AM -0700, Brent Sims wrote:
> George,
>
> I'm running XFSTT here on a dual boot system and have had no
> problem using any of my Windows fonts, including the ding bats and the
> like. I'm not using a symbolic link, which may or may not have something
> to do with it but I cannot say for sure as I'm not too heavy on symbolic
> links. Simply, since I have the space and am planning to remove Windows
> from my system I went ahead and created the directory as per the XFSTT
> instructions and I've been happy as a penguin in Linux ever since...
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, George Lenzer wrote:
>
> ->Hello,
> ->
> ->of the "...bats" fonts work. Webbats, Dingbats 1, Dingbats2, etc... They
> ->all display a vertical rectangle. Has anyone else been able to use TT
> ->Dingbat type fonts in Linux or GIMP?
>
>
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Blair Craft
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