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diff --git a/doc/userguide/font-installation.docbook b/doc/userguide/font-installation.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bca1a2308 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/font-installation.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +<sect1 id="fonts"> + +<sect1info> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<personname> +<firstname>Simon</firstname> +<surname>Vermeersch</surname> +</personname> +<email>titeuf@ph34rus.org</email> +</author> +</authorgroup> +</sect1info> + +<title>Fonts - Installing and Configuring</title> + +<indexterm><primary>Fonts</primary></indexterm> + +<para>Fonts are really easy to configure in &kde;. Open up the Control +Center (with <menuchoice><guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>Control +Center</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) and choose +<guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel> in <guilabel>System +Administration</guilabel>in the tree view.</para> + +<para>There are two kinds of fonts: Personal and Global fonts. +Personal fonts are only accessible to your user, whereas global fonts are +accessible to everyone. When you open the <application>Font +Installer</application>, you're in Personal mode (you can see this in +the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar). When you click on the <guibutton>Administrator Mode</guibutton> +button, and put the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password, +you can access global mode, where you can change the fonts for every user on +this computer.</para> + +<para>For the rest, there is no difference between those two kind of fonts.</para> + +<indexterm><primary>Fonts</primary><secondary>previewing</secondary></indexterm> + +<para>There is a list of fonts in the center. Click on a font to see a preview. +In the toolbar on the top you have buttons to access the top directory, +refresh and change the view.</para> + +<para>If you want to, you can organise your fonts in multiple directories, so that +you can easily find them later.</para> + +<indexterm><primary>Fonts</primary><secondary>installing</secondary></indexterm> + +<para>To install a font, click on the <guibutton>Add +Fonts...</guibutton> button. A file open dialog will appear where you can +choose your font.</para> + +<para>Alternatively, you can drag fonts from &konqueror; to the +list. To remove a font, <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on it and +choose <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.</para> + + + +<para>Configuration (anti-aliasing)</para> + +<para>kfontinst and kfontview should probably get a mention too, since +they don't seem to have any existing docs.</para> +</sect1> + +<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file +Local variables: +mode: xml +sgml-omittag:nil +sgml-shorttag:nil +sgml-namecase-general:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:true +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "sect1") +sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-local-catalogs:nil +sgml-local-ecat-files:nil +End: +--> |