<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kfontview "<application>KFontview</application>"> <!ENTITY kappname "&kfontview;"> <!ENTITY package "kdebase"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <title>Font Viewer</title> <authorgroup> <author>&Burkhard.Lueck; &Burkhard.Lueck.mail;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2010-07-20</date> <releaseinfo>&kde; 4.5</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>fontview</keyword> <keyword>fonts</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <para> &kfontview; is an application to view and install different types of fonts: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>TrueType (<filename class="extension">.ttf</filename>)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>OpenType (<filename class="extension">otf</filename>, <filename class="extension">.ttf</filename>)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Postscript type 1 (file extension on &Windows; & OS/2 <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename>/<filename class="extension">.pfm</filename>; on &UNIX;/&Linux; <filename class="extension">.pfa</filename>/<filename class="extension">.afm</filename>)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format, file extension <filename class="extension">.bdf</filename>)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>PCF (Portable Compiled Format, file extension <filename class="extension">.pcf</filename>)</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para>You can use it as standalone program to preview and install a font downloaded from the Internet. In the preview you can check that the font has all characters you need. </para> <para> Additionally &kfontview; can be launched from the &systemsettings; module <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/fontinst/index.html"> <guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel></ulink> to use the extended preview capabilities of &kfontview;.</para> <para>To use &kfontview; in &konqueror; select <guilabel>Services</guilabel> in the sidebar and go to the folders <filename class="directory">Fonts/Personal </filename> or <filename class="directory">Fonts/System</filename>. Then open the context menu with a &RMB; click on a font and start &kfontview; by selecting it from the context menu.</para> <!-- used by others as well? --> <para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>&kfontview; application</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="kfontview.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>&kfontview; application</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </para> <para> &kfontview;'s <guilabel>Standard Preview</guilabel> displays your font in several different sizes, so you can get a good idea of what it will look like. From the drop down box in the toolbar you can choose additional preview types: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>All Characters</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Unicode Block: The Unicode standard arranges groups of characters together in blocks</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Unicode Script: In Unicode, a script is a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Change Text: Using this button opens the <guilabel>Preview String</guilabel> dialog where you can insert a user defined text. This feature enables you to check that a font supports the characters you need. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist></para> <para>In <guilabel>Unicode Block</guilabel> and <guilabel>Unicode Script</guilabel> preview mode additional tooltip info's are displayed hovering a character with the mouse pointer: The character's Unicode <guilabel>Category</guilabel> and the value in <guilabel> UCS-4</guilabel>, <guilabel>UTF-16</guilabel>, <guilabel>UTF-8</guilabel> and as <guilabel>XML Decimal Entity</guilabel>.</para> <para> To install a font you downloaded from the Internet, click the <guibutton>Install </guibutton> button in the lower-right corner. <!--System / personal fonts?--> </para> <!-- para> zipped fonts and ark? </para--> </article> <!-- Local Variables: mode: xml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; tab-width 2; indent-mode none; -->