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Re: about truetype in linux

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• Subject: [mg95827] Re: [mg95775] about truetype in linux
• From: Chris Pemberton <cjpembo at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:30:46 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200901271156.GAA23103@smc.vnet.net>

water wrote:
> In gentoo (a kind of linux) when I set Option Inspector->Formatting
> Options-> Font Options->PrivateFontOptions->"FontType" to "Bitmap",  I
> can not get [ ,] ,{,} in Courier Bold font.
>
> when I input [ , I get something like "h".
>
> So , when I use "bitmap", my help page all messed up.
>
> But when I use "notruetype" in "FontType", my font is very poor .
>
> How to fix it ?
> I use Mathematica 7 in gentoo.
>
> thanks
>
>
>   
How do your fonts look in other applications?

Do you have some good TrueType fonts installed?

I  use archlinux and Mathematica 7 looks great with Microsoft TTFs 
installed.

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  • about truetype in linux
    • From: water <waterloo2005@gmail.com>