LFP FIXED WIDTH X FONTS
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Official Linux Font Project page is located at
<http://dreamer.nitro.dk/linux/lfp>.



DESCRIPTION
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This package is a part of bigger project -- Linux Font Project. It
includes fixed width (character cell) fonts for X in PCF format (or in
BDF if you got the source).



COMPILING
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If you got the source package, just execute the "compile" script in
the "src" subdirectory and follow the instructions in the SETUP
section. The source package is intended for those who wants to
contribute to the project by extendig and fixing the existing fonts or
by using them as templates to create new ones.



SETUP
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  SYSTEM-WIDE (as admin):
    * Unpack lfpfonts-fix-<version>.tar.bz2 to /tmp.
    * Copy /tmp/lfpfonts-fix/lfp-fix directory to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts.
    * Add a new font path to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (or XF86Config)
      under standard font paths:
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/lfp-fix/:unscaled"
    * Restart X server. If you are running a font server restart it
      before (or instead of) restarting X.
    * Varify that you did everything correct by viewing the fonts with
      any font viewer (xfontsel, gfontsel or tkfont) and enjoy.

  USER:
    * Unpack lfpfonts-fix-<version>.tar.bz2 to /tmp.
    * Copy /tmp/lfpfonts-fix/lfp-fix directory to $HOME/.fonts.
    * Add the following to $HOME/.xsession (or .xinitrc) before any
      X programs:
        xset +fp $HOME/.fonts/lfp-fix
        fp rehash
    * Re-login into X.
    * Varify that you did everything correct by viewing the fonts with
      any font viewer (xfontsel, gfontsel or tkfont) and enjoy.



THINGS TO KNOW
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I (and most of the other authors) made these fonts with XmBDFEditor
that can be found at http://crl.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/xmbdfed.html. It is
pretty easy to use, but a little buggy. I do encourage you to try
it. Save often...

You make fonts in BDF format, then convert them to PCF with "bdftopcf
-o <output> <input>". You can gzip PCF files to save some space. Then
you run "mkfontdir" in the directory your files are in. The "compile"
script in the source package does all that for you. Then the fonts are
ready and you only have to install them as described in the SETUP
section.

You can therefore edit others fonts if they are in BDF format. If you
come across a PCF font, you can edit it too by converting it to BDF
format first using the "pcf2bdf" tool. You can also covert the old
FON/FNT MS Windows/DOS fonts to BDF with "fnt2bdf" (it's included in
WINE).



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Well, there have been a few small contributions (the details are in
contributers file). Thanks to them all.



ABOUT THE PROJECT
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I (Sergej Malinovski) started this project to unfuck the GNU/Linux
font world. I seek people who want to take font making seriously and
want to join my lazy crusade to do... whatever. This project is made
not because of love for the font types, but because of love for
reading text on-screen without thinking about fonts. You can contact
me by email [sergej@nospam.dk].



COPYRIGHT
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Some included files/tools are copyrighted by their respectful owners.
All fonts are in public domain.