Fonts on X.Org...

Chad Gross avatar4d at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 20:18:22 PST 2006


On 12/11/06, Ne'Bahn <ne.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list, how can I add some fonts to the system, for instance: Arial,
> Courier New, and so others. I know there are some fonts that cost to
> acquire
> them, but isn't an implementation of these fonts for
> the open source arena ???
>
> PS: I've some docs made in a Windows environment that use fonts I don't
> have
> on FreeBSD, the replacement is very bad, so OpenOffice offers system fonts
> rather than their fonts (if it has a set), a problem for
> portability/compatibility but indeed better for availability.
>
> _______________________________________________
>

Try installing x11-fonts/webfonts from the ports collection.

Chad


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