Wine fonts

Huw Davies huw at codeweavers.com
Mon Mar 21 04:15:22 CDT 2016


On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 09:46:46PM +0100, Jens Reyer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently working on the correct Debian packaging of the fonts.
> Afaik vanilla wine installs the following ttf-fonts:
> marlett.ttf
> symbol.ttf
> tahomabd.ttf
> tahoma.ttf
> wingding.ttf
> 
> I realize that these are indeed necessary for the fon-fonts to display
> correctly.
> 
> However in the source there are additionally the following ttf:
> courier.ttf
> fixedsys_jp.ttf
> fixedsys.ttf
> ms_sans_serif.ttf
> small_fonts_jp.ttf
> small_fonts.ttf
> system.ttf
> 
> Shouldn't these be installed, too? I haven't noted any difference, but
> that could be because I don't know how to test this. Can anybody with
> more knowledge enlighten me?

No, the second set of .ttf's are generated as an intermediate stage in
the build process of the .fon fonts.  These should not be installed.

Huw.



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