<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Craig.Drummond; &Craig.Drummond.Mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2003-10-22</date> <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >KControl</keyword> <keyword >fonts</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="fontinst"> <title >Font Installer</title> <para >This module is responsible for installing (and uninstalling) fonts. The installer will configure X (XFree86), XRender, (anti-aliasing), and <application >Ghostscript</application > (printing), for any TrueType (<literal role="extension" >.ttf</literal >) and Type1 (<literal role="extension" >.pfa</literal >, <literal role="extension" >.pfb</literal >) fonts that you care to install - bitmap (<literal role="extension" >.bdf</literal >, <literal role="extension" >.pcf</literal >, <literal role="extension" >.snf</literal >), and Speedo (<literal role="extension" >.spd</literal >), fonts will also be installed, but these can only used by X.</para> <para >When the module is started by a normal (non-root) user, then the settings will refer to their personal configuration, and installed fonts will be available to them only. For <systemitem class="username" >root</systemitem >, the settings will usually refer to the system-wide configuration, and as such any installed fonts should be available to all users.</para> <para >If you install fonts as a normal user and notice the fonts used for display (and for print preview) do not match those of the printed output - then you should re-install the fonts system-wide (i.e. as <systemitem class="username" >root</systemitem >). This can occur because when printing the output is sent to a printer queue - and when the system comes to actually send the information to the printer, it is running as a different user (usually <systemitem class="username" >lp</systemitem >), and cannot find the font files.</para> <para >To install fonts, simply select the "Add Fonts" button - this will produce a file dialogue, then just locate the fonts to install. Likewise, to remove a font, simply highlight a font and press the "Delete" button.</para> <para >Fonts may also be "disabled" - this basically just "hides" the font file, so that the font system cannot "see" it. To enable/disable fonts, just highlight the required fonts, and select the "Enable" or "Disable" button. </para> <sect2 id="using-konqueror"> <title >Using Konqueror</title> <para >You can also use Konqueror to install fonts via drag-and-drop. To do this just type <ulink url="fonts:/" >fonts:/</ulink > into Konqueror's Location bar.</para> <para >As a normal (non-root) user, this will produce 2 top-level folders:</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="fonts:/Personal" >Personal</ulink > - this will display your personal fonts.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="fonts:/System" >System</ulink > - this will display the system wide fonts. If you drag-n-drop a font on to the folders here, you will be asked for the root password in order to install the font.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> <para >If you drop a font over <ulink url="fonts:/" >fonts:/</ulink >, then you will be asked whether this should go into "Personal", or "System".</para> <para >As root, just the contents of the system font folder will be displayed - as root does not have any "personal" fonts.</para> </sect2> </sect1> </article>