TrueType Fonts on Debian; RCS Template-Compliant Web-Based Presentations
Two related issues here:
- Many Web pages and documents make use of Microsoft's core TrueType fonts. It is easy to get them up and working in Debian.
- RCS branding requires that presentations should comply with the given template. This template uses "The Sans Classic" TrueType font.
And a successful result:
- A presentation: as plain Web pages; as a slideshow— hit space, left and right arrows, and toggle ESCape.
apt-get the Utilites and Fonts Required
apt-get install xfonts-utils
#
# ...ok, you probably already have this
#
apt-get install ttmkfdir
apt-get install msttcorefonts
#
# ...You'll need "contrib" in your apt sources for msttcorefonts
# to be found...
#
# -- msttcorefonts downloads the TrueType fonts as part of
# its installation/setup
Configure X11 to Use the MS TT Fonts
cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
# ...from ttmkfdir
mkfontdir -e /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings
# ...from xfonts-utils
Applications, including Firefox, will need to be restarted to use the new fonts.
Install the RCS Template TrueType Font
Grab a copy of the "The Sans Classic" .ttf files (e.g., local copy) and stick them in
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uom
Configure X11 to Use the The Sans Classic
Use ttmkfdir and mkfontdir, as before.
Write the Web-Based Presentation
- Yes, of course it's a Web-based presentation; I don't do PowerPoint.
- HTML produced using a bunch of Perl scripts from a markup language called REML, which lives in my head.
- Links to the presentation itself near the top of this page.