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