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From: Marc Trius <derpayatz@riseup.net>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: ConTeXt Minimals: How to install fonts?
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:46:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110621044615.ff475d43.derpayatz@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinLeLPbzMrEYEggO+jc=KFORZeREg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:30:00 +0200
Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 19:07, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > Dear ConTeXt folks,
> >
> > I want to use Neo Euler (euler-otf) and was wondering if there is an
> > option for `first-setup.sh` to install fonts? What is the recommended
> > way to install fonts? Using a GNU/Linux distribution should I use those
> > tools to install fonts?
> 
> If OpenType fonts are not in distribution, you have two options:
> 
> a) Install them on your system and make sure that OSFONTDIR variable
> is properly set (you need to set it manually, either in texmfcnf.lua
> under texmf-local or in top folder; or you need an environmental
> variable)
> 

I just have 

export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts;/usr/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts"

in my .bashrc and absolutely no problems.

Marc

> b) Put the font under texmf-local/fonts/opentype/<whatever> or under
> texmf-fonts (same location; you need to create texmf-fonts folder
> first) or under ~/texmf (again, same substructure).
> 
> Option (a) is not too well tested.
> 
> Mojca
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      reply	other threads:[~2011-06-21  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-20 17:07 Paul Menzel
2011-06-20 18:52 ` Marc Trius
2011-06-21  9:30 ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-06-21  9:46   ` Marc Trius [this message]

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