[ndbug] OpenBSD fonts

[George Rosamond]

Brian Callahan:
> 
> 
> On 08/26/15 13:27, George Rosamond wrote:
>> Greetings NDBug.
>>
>> I spent the last week porting a bunch of fonts to OpenBSD.  Well, a
>> bunch would be an understatement.
>>
>> queair.net/obsd
>>
>> There are 70-something fonts, a bunch of which are Google Noto fonts.  I
>> raise the issue on this list specifically since there are a lot of
>> languages common to South Asia.  I passed on languages with >1m
>> speakers, and needless to say, there are a lot of languages in India
>> still :)
>>
>> On that note, if you are running OpenBSD, preferably with a recent
>> build, please test some of them out if you are interested.  These are
>> just typefaces to use in applications like LibreOffice, and
>> synchronizing with keyboards, etc., is a whole other issue.
>>
>> I do have one port in the queue with OpenBSD (junicode), but at this
>> point, I'm more interested in seeing if there's a user-base for them.
>> When/if junicode is accepted, I'll start submitting the others.
>>
>> Several ports might not have full license information and other pieces,
>> but they should all be operational.
>>
>> To install, just download the tgz file and place in /usr/ports/fonts
>>
> 
> /usr/ports/mystuff/fonts -- /usr/ports/mystuff is the preferred
> directory for things not committed to CVS yet. It is a special directory
> that has all the magic to do the right thing(TM).
> 

Yes, valid point.  So follow Brian's directions!

g

> ~Brian
> 
>> Then extract them:
>>
>> $ tar zxvf <fontname>.tgz
>>
>> A /usr/ports/fonts/<fontname> directory will appear.
>>
>> $ cd <fontname>
>>
>> then install:
>>
>> $ make install
>>
>> The font should automatically appear in LibreOffice or in any similar
>> application.
>>
>> Thanks, and let me know!
>>
>> g
>>