Related Resources • Home • 1. Introduction • 2. Fonts 101 -- A Quick Introduction to Fonts • 3. Fonts 102 -- Typography • 4. Making Fonts Available To X • 5. Making Fonts Available To Ghostscript • 6. True Type to Type 1 Conversion • 7. WYSIWYG Publishing and Fonts • 8. Netscape • 9. TeX / LaTeX • 10. Getting Fonts For Linux • 11. Useful Font Software for Linux • 12. Ethics and Licensing Issues Related to Type • 13. References • 14. Glossary

13.1. Font Information

• Rod Smith's homepage contains a wealth of information about using fonts and printers with Applixware and Word Perfect.

• John McLaughlin's page discusses setting up fonts with Star Office

• Jim Land's homepage contains a lot of links to sites on PostScript and fonts.

• The comp.fonts FAQ is the definitive font FAQ.

• Luc Devroye's homepage Contains enough information about fonts and other things to sink a ship. This guy designed a bunch of free fonts, and his homepage has a lot of interesting links, information and commentary.

• The Font Deuglification HOWTO discusses TrueType fonts under Linux. This is the clear winner of the ``TrueType'' HOWTOs. An excellent source of information.

• TrueType Fonts in Debian mini-HOWTO discusses installing TrueType in Debian. A must-read for Debian users. Also worth reading if you have any distribution that doesn't have the version of xfs with TrueType support.

• The (preliminary) True Type HOWTO -- an incomplete HOWTO dated June 1998. Included in this list for completeness.

• TrueType for XFree86 Mini-HOWTO -- a slightly dated HOWTO. Only applicable to Redhat 5.x

13.2. Postscript and Printing Information

• Adobe's Postscript page is the definitive site on the PostScript standard.

• Ghostscript's home page has a lot of information, and all the latest printer drivers.

• Jim Land's homepage contains a lot of links to sites on PostScript and fonts.

• Christopher Browne's Printing FAQ

1. Introduction
    1.1. The Location of This Document
    1.2. Submitting corrections/errata
    1.3. Last Updated
    1.4. Copyright
    1.5. Rationale
    1.6. Credits and Acknowledgements
2. Fonts 101 -- A Quick Introduction to Fonts
    2.1. Types of Fonts
    2.2. Families of Typefaces
3. Fonts 102 -- Typography
    3.1. Classifications of Typefaces
    3.2. Ligatures, Small caps fonts and expert fonts
    3.3. Font Metrics and Shapes
4. Making Fonts Available To X
    4.1. The font path
    4.2. Installing Type 1 Fonts
    4.3. True Type Fonts
    4.4. xfs
5. Making Fonts Available To Ghostscript
    5.1. Type 1
    5.2. True Type
    5.3. Using Ghostscript To Preview Fonts
6. True Type to Type 1 Conversion
    6.1. Why ?
    6.2. How ?
7. WYSIWYG Publishing and Fonts
    7.1. Introduction and Overview
    7.2. Applixware
    7.3. Star Office
    7.4. Word Perfect
8. Netscape
9. TeX / LaTeX
    9.1. A Quick Primer on LaTeX/TeX fonts
    9.2. Adding Type 1 fonts
10. Getting Fonts For Linux
    10.1. True Type
    10.2. Type 1 Fonts and Metafont
11. Useful Font Software for Linux
12. Ethics and Licensing Issues Related to Type
13. References
    13.1. Font Information
    13.2. Postscript and Printing Information
14. Glossary

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