Re: Can font locations be consolidated?

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Author: Eric \"Shubes\"
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Subject: Re: Can font locations be consolidated?
Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> I just did 'locate fonts | wc' and found that there are 2,598 font files on my
> system ... and many of them seem to be duplicates.
>
> Is there some way to consolidate these? Why are there so many different font
> directories? Seems excessively cluttered.
>
> And where are the "hidden" system fonts stored?
>
> I'm still wrestling with the problem of a very unsatisfactory font (too small,
> italic, and a poor font style) showing up as the default font in wine menus
> and dialogs (please view this example:
> http://www.fixaim.com/temp/winecfg.jpg), and I can't figure out how to get
> this fixed.
>
> Hope somebody can help.
>
>


It's been a few years since I played with wine, but I seem to remember that
you need to copy (or link) any .ttf font files that you have to your
windows/fonts directory (whereever you have that located).

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-Eric 'shubes'
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