I just don't get it !

Wed Oct 26 08:42:37 UTC 2005

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On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 02:46:22PM -0400, Eric Devost wrote:
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>ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY a écrit :
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>  <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 10:19 -0400, Eric Devost wrote:
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>    <pre wrap="">Hi all,
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>I've spent the last two days on searching for helvetica fonts on breezy. 
>Can't find it.
>I've installed all the TTF that are available in universe and 
>multiverse, no helvetica.
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>I know that there is a proprietary issue with this font, do I need to 
>manually download and install helvetica font ? Why is it available on my 
>hoary machine and not on my breezy one ?
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>Thanx for helping, I'm out of ressources.
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>  <pre wrap=""><!---->As far as I know, "Helvetica" is a propriety font (owned by Adobe?).
>But that's not the problem!  The problem is that there isn't a TrueType
>version of that font available for X (only a "Type 1" for printing).
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>If you really need that font badly for your X (not for printing, as it's
>available already), either install "msttcorefonts" which includes the
>"Arial" font (which is very similar to "Helvetica" in shape and
>characteristic), or run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig" and check
>"Enable bitmapped fonts by default?".
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>That didn't do it. Maybe it's gnucash related problem. I can't find any
>thread or help on that on the gnucash mailing list/site. But why is it
>running fine on hoary and not on Breezy ? That's why I think it's
>distro related. <br>
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>Anyway thanx a lot for helping. I really appreciate it.<br>
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>Eric,<br>
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