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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:17:15 -0500
From:      "Chad Gross" <avatar4d@gmail.com>
To:        Ne'Bahn <ne.bahn@gmail.com>
Cc:        UNIX - questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Fonts on X.Org...
Message-ID:  <17489c7a0612112017lbe8f3ddv791ab0bf8be0d333@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <001601c71d6e$f09c9470$09d3dcc9@bloodlust>
References:  <001601c71d6e$f09c9470$09d3dcc9@bloodlust>

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On 12/11/06, Ne'Bahn <ne.bahn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list, how can I add some fonts to the system, for instance: Arial,
> Courier New, and so others. I know there are some fonts that cost to
> acquire
> them, but isn't an implementation of these fonts for
> the open source arena ???
>
> PS: I've some docs made in a Windows environment that use fonts I don't
> have
> on FreeBSD, the replacement is very bad, so OpenOffice offers system fonts
> rather than their fonts (if it has a set), a problem for
> portability/compatibility but indeed better for availability.
>
> _______________________________________________
>

Try installing x11-fonts/webfonts from the ports collection.

Chad



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