is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a sample of each
font on the system without manually writing them all out? tia.

lish "a sensuous kiss
crank@got.net placed on apocalypse." -at


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org

> is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a
> sample of each
> font on the system without manually writing them all
> out? tia.
>
try gucharmap

jwlockhart

Registered Linux User #458799
Registered Kubuntu User #19678
this user is penguin powered


__________________________________________________ __________________________________
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org

On 26 Jan 2008 21:53:56 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <crank@got.net> wrote:
> is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a sample of each
> font on the system without manually writing them all out? tia.

Gnome-specimen is a really nice font preview app that may have
this ability, but I think it is very new, and it seems to be available
only in testing.


Cheers,
Kelly Clowers


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:53:56 +0000, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:

> is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a sample of each
> font on the system without manually writing them all out? tia.

Both answers so far seems to me only allows you to view the font one by
one, which involves a lot of clicking if you want a sample of each font on
the system. Check out

Use ImageMagick to document font
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/...ocument_font_1

for the 2 methods to document fonts via ImageMagick, one native, and one
char-map way.

For example, to document all the fonts on the system, you can

slocate -ir '\.ttf$' | xargs -i echo 'convert {} /tmp/`basename {}`.gif' | sh

HTH

--
Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org

T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> wrote:
Tong> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:53:56 +0000, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
>> is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a sample of each
>> font on the system without manually writing them all out? tia.
Tong> For example, to document all the fonts on the system, you can
Tong> slocate -ir '\.ttf$' | xargs -i echo 'convert {} /tmp/`basename {}`.gif' | sh

whoa, that's insane. you're my new favorite coder of the day.
thanks a lot!

lish "who you don't hurt
crank@got.net will never know you." -lh


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 02:46:57PM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:53:56 +0000, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
>
> > is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a sample of each
> > font on the system without manually writing them all out? tia.
>
> Both answers so far seems to me only allows you to view the font one by
> one, which involves a lot of clicking if you want a sample of each font on
> the system. Check out
>
> Use ImageMagick to document font
> http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/...ocument_font_1
>
> for the 2 methods to document fonts via ImageMagick, one native, and one
> char-map way.
>
> For example, to document all the fonts on the system, you can
>
> slocate -ir '\.ttf$' | xargs -i echo 'convert {} /tmp/`basename {}`.gif'| sh

nice one Tong!

A

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFHnhwuaIeIEqwil4YRAoT7AJ0bnzxCqpDHnZfGF860gX tYNc0gUgCfdTmI
AXzQHi/fP+16I84x3SlA2S0=
=r3ce
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> wrote:
Tong> For example, to document all the fonts on the system, you can
Tong> slocate -ir '\.ttf$' | xargs -i echo 'convert {} /tmp/`basename {}`.gif' | sh

ok, so you kick ass, we all now know this.

next question: if i add any fonts, is there a quick way to go
through & make a new gif for only the ones that don't already exist?

thanks!

lish "i'm tangled & mangled
crank@got.net by her callous charm." -jc


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org