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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="drakfont">
  <info>
    <title xml:id="drakfont-ti1">Manage, add and remove fonts. Import
    Windows(TM) fonts</title>

    <subtitle>drakfont</subtitle>
  </info>

  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata revision="1" xml:id="drakfont-im1" fileref="drakfont.png" align="center" format="PNG"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>

  <para>This tool<footnote>
      <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">drakfont</emphasis> as root.</para>
    </footnote> is present in the Mageia Control Center under the <emphasis role="bold">System</emphasis> tab. It allows you to manage the fonts
  available on the computer. The main screen above shows:</para>

  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>the installed font names, styles and sizes.</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>a preview of the selected font.</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>some buttons explained here later.</para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

  <para/>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">Get Windows Fonts: <emphasis/></emphasis></para>

  <para>This button automatically adds the fonts found on the Windows
  partition. You must have Microsoft Windows installed.</para>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">Options:</emphasis></para>

  <para>It allows you to specify the applications or devices (printers mostly)
  able to use the fonts.</para>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">Uninstall:</emphasis></para>

  <para>This button is to remove installed fonts and possibly save some place.
  Be careful when removing fonts because it may have serious consequences on
  the documents that use them.</para>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">Import:</emphasis></para>

  <para>Allows you to add fonts from a third party (CD, internet, ...). The
  supported formats are ttf, pfa, pfb, pcf, pfm and gsf. Click on the
  <emphasis role="bold">Import</emphasis> button and then on <emphasis role="bold">Add</emphasis>, a file manager pops up where you can select the
  fonts to install, click on <emphasis role="bold">Install</emphasis> when
  done. They are installed in the folder /usr/share/fonts.</para>

  <para>If the newly installed (or removed) fonts doesn't appear in the
  Drakfont main screen, close and re open it to see the modifications.</para>
</section>