DrakFont: Managing The Fonts Available on Your System

Abstract

This tool allows you to review the different font families, styles, and sizes available on the system. It also allows the system administrator to install new fonts from a local Windows installation or from other sources.

The main window (see Figure 20.7) shows a visual appearance of the currently selected font combination.

Figure 20.7. drakfont's Main Window

drakfont's Main Window

The window is made up of four screens that are accessible through the four buttons located at the left bottom corner.

Get Windows Fonts

Allows you to use the fonts that are available if you have Windows installed on the same machine.

Advanced Options

Allows to manually add fonts found outside the Mandrake Linux distribution, on the Internet for example. Supported font types are ttf, pfa, pfb, pcf, pfm, gsf.

Uninstall Fonts

Allows you to remove installed fonts, in order to save space for example.

Font List

The available fonts list as displayed on startup (see Figure 20.7).

Tip

To select a range of fonts, click on the first font you wish to select, move to the last one to select and click on it while keeping the Shift key pressed. To select individual fonts, hold the Ctrl key down as you click on the selections.