3. Managing Available Fonts on your System with DrakFont

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This tool enables you to review the different font families, styles, and sizes available on your system. It also allows the system administrator to install new fonts.

The main window (see Figura 16.7, “DrakFont's Main Window”) shows a visual appearance of the currently selected font combination.

Figura 16.7. DrakFont's Main Window

DrakFont's Main Window

drakfont is made up of a number of windows which are accessible through the buttons located at the bottom-left corner.

Options

Allows you to specify which applications and devices (such as printers) will support the fonts. Select the ones you want support for and click on the OK button.

Uninstall

Allows you to remove installed fonts, in order to save space for example. Use this with great care, it could have side effects on your applications. You should notably not remove fonts you did not install yourself.

Import

Allows you to manually add fonts found outside the Mandriva Linux distribution, on a local Windows® installation or from the Internet, for example. Supported font types are ttf, pfa, pfb, pcf, pfm, gsf. Clicking on the Add button will open a standard dialog allowing you to specify the font file to import. Once you've specified all the fonts you want to import, click on the Install fonts button.

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To select more than one font, double-click on the first font you wish to select and it will be added to the Import Fonts window. Then double-click the other fonts you wish to install and the same action will occur. When you are done click on the Close button and then on the Install fonts button. Once the installation operation is done, make sure the new fonts appear in the Family list.