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1. Displaying fonts from a directory.

Hello,

I have been looking for a means of displaying fonts by specifying the
names of the files that contain the description of the font rather than
using these rather complicated font names (*-*-*...*-* format) . Does
this make any sense..? One reason I was hoping I could do this is that I
have successfully (at least to a point..) added the microsoft .ttf fonts
that come with Win98 to my X font server's path and I have access to
some very common ones such as tahoma, verdana, trebuchet.. etc.. but at
the same time, there appears to be many .ttf files in the Windows font
directory that do not have corresponding tt fonts accessible via xfd,
xfontsel or any application running under X..  Most of these files
appear to have names that suggest well-known fonts but I can't seem to
find them anywhere.. I issue an [ xfd -fn "*playbill* ] .. or an  [ xfd
-fn "*vivaldi*" ] .. & I end up displaying the namesakes from the urw
foundry.. although I made sure that the catalog in the
/etc/X11/fs/config file specifies the microsoft ttf directory before any
others..

Also, is there a "modern-age" GUI type of utility that handles the
display of fonts in a really flexible & user-friendly manner..? I
noticed that there appear to be several applications such as Gimp..
Wmakerconf.. etc.. that use the same GTK-type add-on to display & choose
amongst the fonts known to the font server but I have been unable to
locate the corresponding stand-alone application. If none exist I was
thinking that a word-processor type of application providing a flexible
font chooser might be a good place where I could explore and experiment
(?)..

Sorry for vagueness but I find this business of fonts in the X
environment rather confusing. The ultimate goal is really exploration &
having some idea of what's available on my machine... and how "usable"
each & every different font is on-screen in different contexts & at
different sizes... Lastly.. and though this may be a different issue
altogether.. how the font(s) will eventually materialize on the printed
page..

Thanks,
gavron

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