Problems with Installing Fonts, adding Transparency to TaskBar and making Dropdown Menu less "fat"

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On 06/26/2009 02:59 PM, Carlos Andrade wrote:
> Hello, i'm new to Ubuntu and i've been try to add some effects to a theme i
> added here and also few fonts. The font is artwiz-aleczapka-en-1.3 and the
> transparency is this photo
> http://gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-pre1/73210-1.jpg (i've also been
> trying to make the drop down menu thinner like in this photo, any ideias
> how?) . If anyone know how to solve any of these three doubts your help is
> very welcome. All tutorials i found keep saying to move to a certain folder
> based on a specific type of font or say to move to your "fonts directory",
> and i don't know where is this folder. I tried to move artwiz-aleczapka to
> /usr/share/folder but i don't know what to do after this.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Viansi
> 
> 

You could try this:
http://ithingshare.blogspot.com/2009/04/improving-font-on-linux.html
http://urukrama.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/artwiz-fonts-on-ubuntu-hardy/
or simply download and install:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/xfonts-artwiz

However, I'd recommend *not* installing at all & find another set that
matches your needs - particularly since you are new to Ubuntu.
  The sourceforge version was last updated in 2004:
<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95348&package_id=101632&release_id=234471>
and the fonts were removed from hardy onward:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfonts-artwiz
[Deleted in hardy-release  (Reason: (From Debian) RoQA; orphaned, RC-buggy)]

Installing orphaned/RC-buggy fonts is only likely to lead to trouble
later on.