-*- outline -*-

* How see installed font for X window.

  $ fontsel &
  $ gucharmap &

* Setup font for emacs.

If X running by xinit, write to ~/.xinitrc

  xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults &

and write to ~/.Xdefaults

  emacs.font: 7x13

* Setup font for mc.

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

* Fonts family.

See

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_Unicode_typefaces
  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

** DejaVu.

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

See

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

*** Debian.

  $ sudo apt-get install ttf-dejavu

** Core fonts for the Web.

From Microsoft.

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

** Liberation.

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

** Linux Libertine.

Free and open alternatives to commercial fonts like Times Roman.

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

** SIL (IPA font).

Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, Gentium.

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

*** Debian.

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

** Junicode.

Have beta status.

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

* How configure font for X?

** 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.

** Microsoft.

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

** FontForge.

Typeface (font) editor program. BSD licence.

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

* Best font for reading.

** Рубленые (Гротески).

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.