Install and Use TTF-Fonts
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Install and Use TTF-Fonts

Author:  Sven Knispel
Updated:  2004-11-13

After fiddling with the fonts and sizes to get my desktop (Gnome) look good on my laptop I figured that the Windows standard fonts Tahoma look better than Bitstream.
To install TTF-Font using the GUI proceed as follows:

  • Log on as root
  • Open the "Computer" and select "File-Open Location"
  • Enter location "fonts:"
  • Proceed to the directory where for TTF-fonts are located (e.g. your "Windows/fonts" directory on a Windows partition)
  • Copy the fonts to the "fonts:" location
  • Open the "Font preferences" and change the fonts (I use "Tahoma 8" as "Application font", "Desktop font" and "Windows title font")
  • Set the "Font rendering" to suit your display (for me "Best contrast" work the best on my laptop)