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   Dan Purgert to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: viewing a group of uninstalled fonts   
   30 Jul 25 01:11:11   
   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-07-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:36:00 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >   
   >> I don't think I've ever seen a preview thing for *un*installed fonts   
   >> ...   
   >   
   > Note that, on Linux, “installed” merely means the font file is in one   
   > of the standard locations where the standard Fontconfig font-matching   
   > system can find it.   
      
   Yeah, writing is hard -- I meant to say that I wasn't aware of a preview   
   tool that could look at an arbitrary location   
      
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