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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY tdefontview "<application>TDEFontview</application>">
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<!ENTITY kappname "&tdefontview;">
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<!ENTITY package "tdebase">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
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]>
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<article id="tdefontview" lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Font Viewer</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author><firstname>Burkhard</firstname><surname>Lück</surname></author>
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<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
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<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
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<copyright>
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<year>2010</year>
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<holder>Burkhard Lück</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
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<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
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<keyword>fontview</keyword>
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<keyword>fonts</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<para>
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&tdefontview; is an application to view and install different types of fonts:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>TrueType (<filename class="extension">.ttf</filename>)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>OpenType (<filename class="extension">otf</filename>, <filename class="extension">.ttf</filename>)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Postscript type 1 (file extension on &Windows; & OS/2 <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename>/<filename class="extension">.pfm</filename>; on &UNIX;/&Linux; <filename class="extension">.pfa</filename>/<filename class="extension">.afm</filename>)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format, file extension <filename class="extension">.bdf</filename>)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>PCF (Portable Compiled Format, file extension <filename class="extension">.pcf</filename>)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>You can use it as standalone program to preview and install a font
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downloaded from the Internet. In the preview you can check that the font
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has all characters you need.
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</para>
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<para>
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Additionally &tdefontview; can be launched from
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the &kcontrol; module <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/fontinst/index.html">
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<guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel></ulink> to use the extended preview capabilities
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of &tdefontview;.</para>
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<para>To use &tdefontview; in &konqueror; select <guilabel>Services</guilabel> in
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the sidebar and go to the folders <filename class="directory">Fonts/Personal
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</filename> or <filename class="directory">Fonts/System</filename>.
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Then open the context menu with a &RMB; click on a font and start &tdefontview;
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by selecting it from the context menu.</para>
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<!-- used by others as well? -->
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&tdefontview; application</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="tdefontview.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&tdefontview; application</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<!--<para>
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&tdefontview;'s <guilabel>Standard Preview</guilabel> displays your font in several
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different sizes, so you can get a good idea of what it will look like.
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From the drop down box in the toolbar you can choose additional preview types:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>All Characters</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Unicode Block: The Unicode standard arranges groups of characters
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together in blocks</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Unicode Script: In Unicode, a script is a collection of letters
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and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more
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writing systems</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Change Text: Using this button opens the <guilabel>Preview
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String</guilabel> dialog where you can insert a user defined text.
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This feature enables you to check that a font supports the characters you need.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>-->
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<!--<para>In <guilabel>Unicode Block</guilabel> and <guilabel>Unicode Script</guilabel>
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preview mode additional tooltip info's are displayed hovering a character with the
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mouse pointer:
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The character's Unicode <guilabel>Category</guilabel> and the value in <guilabel>
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UCS-4</guilabel>, <guilabel>UTF-16</guilabel>, <guilabel>UTF-8</guilabel> and
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as <guilabel>XML Decimal Entity</guilabel>.</para>-->
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<!-- <para> -->
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<!-- To install a font you downloaded from the Internet, click the <guibutton>Install -->
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<!-- </guibutton> button in the lower-right corner. -->
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<!--System / personal fonts?-->
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<!-- </para> -->
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<!-- para>
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zipped fonts and ark?
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</para-->
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</article>
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