Fonts

Changing to web fonts

February 12, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

While you can add Windows fonts to Linux installations, I have found that their display can be flaky to say the least. Linux Mint and Ubuntu display them as sharp as I’d like but I have struggled to get the [...]

Adding Software to Arch Linux from the AUR

December 3, 2011 1 Response Shortlink

There are packages absent from the Arch Linux repositories that could come in useful. When you are after one of these, then it’s time to search the Arch User Repository (AUR). In here, I have found the likes of Microsoft [...]

Adding GNOME 3 to Linux Mint 11

June 3, 2011 27 Responses Shortlink

On the surface of it, this probably sounds a very strange thing to do: choose Linux Mint because they plan to stick with their current desktop interface for the foreseeable future and then stick a brand new one on there. [...]

Improving Font Display in Fedora 15

May 30, 2011 1 Response Shortlink

When I first started to poke around Fedora 15 after upgrading my Fedora machine, the definition of the font display was far from being acceptable to me. Thankfully, it was something that I could resolve and I am writing these [...]

Moving from Ubuntu 10.10 to Linux Mint 10

April 23, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

With a long Easter weekend available to me and with thoughts of forthcoming changes in the world of Ubuntu, I got to wondering about the merits of moving my main home PC to Linux Mint instead. Though there is a [...]

Worth the attention?

July 21, 2010 Leave a response Shortlink

The latest edition of Web Designer has features and tutorials on modern trends one new ways to use fonts and typography in websites. One thing that’s at the heart of the attention is the @font-face CSS selector. It’s what allows [...]

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