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diff --git a/source/x/liberation-fonts-ttf/docs/README.md b/source/x/liberation-fonts-ttf/docs/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bcf8cd80 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/x/liberation-fonts-ttf/docs/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ + Liberation Fonts + ================= + + The Liberation Fonts is font collection which aims to provide document + layout compatibility as usage of Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New. + + + Requirements + ================= + + * [fontforge](http://fontforge.sourceforge.net) + * [python fonttools](https://pypi.org/project/fonttools/) + + + Install + ============ + + 1. Get sources + + The latest sources are available via github by checking out the repo: + + $ git clone https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts + + Or downloading the tar.gz file via [github](https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/tags). + eg. 2.00.5 can be retrieved via: + + $ wget https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/files/2926169/liberation-fonts-2.00.5.tar.gz + + You can extract the files using the following command where VERSION=2.00.4: + + $ tar zxvf liberation-fonts-[VERSION].tar.gz + + 2. Build from the source + + $ cd liberation-fonts or $ cd liberation-fonts-[VERSION] + $ make + + The binary font files will be available in 'liberation-fonts-ttf-[VERSION]' directory. + + 3. Install to system + + Fedora Users : + One can manually install the fonts by copying the TTFs to `~/.fonts` for user wide usage, + and/or to `/usr/share/fonts/liberation` for system-wide availability. + Then, run `fc-cache` to let that cached. + + Other distributions : + please check out corresponding documentation. + + + Usage + ========== + + Simply select preferred liberation font in applications and start using. + + + License + ============ + + This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, + Version 1.1. + + Please read file "LICENSE" for details. + + + For Maintainers + ==================== + + Before packaging a new release based on a new source tarball, you have to + update the version suffix in the Makefile: + + VER = [VERSION] + + Make sure that the defined version corresponds to the font software metadata + which you can check with ftinfo/otfinfo or fontforge itself. It is highly + recommended that file 'ChangeLog' is updated to reflect changes. + + Create a tarball with the following command: + + $ make dist + + The new versioned tarball will be available in the dist/ folder as + `liberation-fonts-[NEW_VERSION].tar.gz.` + + Credits + ============ + + Please read file "AUTHORS" for list of contributors. |