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gabriel

how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

i have installed more fonts in my computer than those showing up in the "text tool" should i copy them into a specific folder? i havent really look into it very deep, hope anyone can help, thanks.

im running Ubuntu 11.10

Rallaz

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

True type fonts are not supported in LibreCAD, only stiky fonts.
If you want to use ttf you can first convert it to lff fonts and add
the path in "Edit->application preferences" tab "paths"

gabriel

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

thanks, i looked a little deeper and got figured it out, i will try the conversion way, if i get it rigth ill let you know, because ill try to convert several "architectural" fonts to lff.

dxli

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

if the fonts are licensed by free software licenses, we would like to include them in the LibreCAD package.

gabriel

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

they come from dafont.com, one is donation, so that one is a no no, the other one is free, so that is a go.

i found Rallaz convertion tool ttf2llf but could not do anything with it, tried to run it (Ubuntu 11.10 64b, im a noob) but did nothing at all, tried running it in a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t) also nothing, found Font Forge (Ubuntu Repositories) but is no longer available, went to the developer web page and tried to download and install but couldnt, so im stuck for the moment, ill keep on trying, let you guy know in a couple of days.
Soy Yo

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if the fonts are licensed by free software licenses, we would like to include them in the LibreCAD package.

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Rallaz

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

Gabriel,

In a caonsole:
ttf2lff /path_to_ttf_file/font.ttf /path_to_new_file/fontt.lff

/*Spanish*/
En consola:
ttf2lff /ruta_a_archivo_ttf/fuente.ttf /ruta_para_el_nuevo_archivo/fuente.lff

gabriel

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

sorry Rallaz but i lost the ttf2lff script, could you post a link to it? i cant find it on the forum nor on IRC, thanks in advance.

Rallaz

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

This is a version compiled for openSUSE 64b and I suppose that work in ubuntu:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rallaz.u/files/fontconverter/ttf2lff-linux-x86_64.zip/download

gabriel

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

thank you Rallaz, here i go again to try and convert a couple ttf's.
Soy Yo

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Rallaz [via LibreCAD] <[hidden email]> wrote:

This is a version compiled for openSUSE 64b and I suppose that work in ubuntu:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rallaz.u/files/fontconverter/ttf2lff-linux-x86_64.zip/download

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Zhao Zhichao

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

In reply to this post by Rallaz

Hello,my teacher Rallaz,how can we convert a file of ttf to lff under Linux system?
I get the LibreCAD for Linux and run the tools.pro,while,a Linux terminal is actived.

Rallaz

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

Hi Zhao Zhichao,

You can't run tools.pro

Download ttf2lff-linux-x86_64 form my previous post and run in a console:
ttf2lff input.ttf output.lff

This program is for 64 bits arch.

If you want to compile it then

cd tools/ttf2lff
qmake ttf2lff.pro
make

if you have more questions indicates which is your system and architecture (32 or 64 bits)

dxli

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

in the next version (2.1), we have to support using Qt fonts.

wade ryan

Re: how can i use more FONTS (ttf)

In reply to this post by Rallaz

I tried converting the google font OpenSans by Steve Mattenson using ttf2lff, but the lower case r is definitely not right, so I'm assuming either I'm doing something wrong or the ttf2lff program isn't working quite right. I would greatly appreciate if someone could work on converting this to work with LibreCAD and hopefully it could then be included in the next LibreCAD release as it is free to use.