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Show list of avaliable font under X.
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To view list of clint-side fonts::

  $ fc-list

To view list of monospaced clint-side fonts::

  $ fc-list :spacing=mono

To view list of server-side fonts::

  $ xlsfonts

To view list of server-side monospaced fonts::

  $ xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-m*'
  $ xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-c*'

GUI font managers (lack support for bitmap fonts)::

  $ sudo apt-get install fontypython
  $ fontypython &

  $ sudo apt-get install font-manager
  $ font-manager &

View how fonts looks like under X
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::

  $ xfontsel &
  $ gucharmap &
  $ xfd -fa "DejaVu Sans Mono"

Inspect font properties
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View general font info::

  $ fc-query  $FONT.ttf

View font tables::

  $ sudo apt-get install fonttools
  $ ttx -l  $FONT.ttf

Dump font tables in XML formtat (check out ``.ttx`` file)::

  $ ttx $FONT.ttf

Configure fonts under X.
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Read ``man 5 font-config``.

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  Man page about font.conf.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-fonts.html
  FreeBSD manual about font.conf.
http://wiki.debian.org/Fonts/
  Debian wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_logical_font_description
  X logical font description.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/font_configuration
  Font configuration.

Setup font for emacs.
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If X running by xinit, write to ~/.xinitrc::

  xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults &

and write to ``~/.Xdefaults``::

  emacs.font: 7x13

Setup font for mc.
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Not any font display correctly cyrillic characters - only those which with
ISO 10646. If you in X run MC as::

  $ xterm -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" -geometry 120x42 -e mc -x

Safe fonts for the WEB.
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Check font spreading statistics and usage:

* http://www.awayback.com/revised-font-stack/
* http://www.cssfontstack.com/

Fonts family.
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See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_Unicode_typefaces
  Free typefaces at Wikipedia.
http://www.openfontlibrary.org
  Open Font Library, a library of free fonts
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=FontsInCyberspace&_sc=1
  SIL fonts.

DejaVu.
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The DejaVu fonts are a font family based on the Vera Fonts.

* http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

For Debian::

  $ sudo apt-get install ttf-dejavu

Core fonts for the Web.
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From Microsoft.

http://corefonts.sourceforge.net
  mirror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web
  Wikipedia article.

Liberation.
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GPL font: Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif and Liberation Mono.

As alternative to Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New.

https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts
  home page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts
  Wikipedia article.

Linux Libertine.
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Free and open alternatives to commercial fonts like Times Roman.

http://www.linuxlibertine.org
  home page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine
  Wikipedia article.

SIL (IPA font).
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Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, Gentium.

* http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont
* http://scripts.sil.org/CharisSILfont
* http://scripts.sil.org/Gentium

For Debian::

  $ sudo apt-get install ttf-sil-doulos
  $ sudo apt-get install ttf-sil-charis
  $ sudo apt-get install ttf-gentium

Junicode.
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Have beta status.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junicode

How configure font for X?
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For Debian::

  $ sudo aptitude install fontconfig-config
  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config

Font tuning method for screen:  Native
Enable subpixel rendering for screen: Always (или Automatic)
Enable bitmapped fonts by default?: No

Font development.
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Font development under Microsoft.
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http://www.microsoft.com/typography/DevToolsOverview.mspx
  Tools & SDKs from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/DevArticles.mspx
  Articles from Microsoft

FontForge.
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Typeface (font) editor program. BSD licence.

http://fontforge.sourceforge.net
  home page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FontForge
  Wikipedia article.

Best font for reading.
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Рубленые (Гротески).
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Arial, Verdana, Helvetica.

Verdana наиболее читабельный, у Arial слишком буквы слипаются.

TODO

Trebushet MS
AcademyTT

Droid
Georgia
sans-serif
Calibri
Candara

liberation serif

Book Antiqua

Garamond
Bookman

Tahoma

Courier New, Times New Roman, Lucida Sans Unicode

Подчеркнутый, полужирный или курсивный текст.

Serif - это шрифт с засечками, антиква.