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+## {The/A} Futurist Fieldguide
+
+- The current draft can be found at http://lib.fo.am/futurist_fieldguide/start
+- A general overview of things can be found at http://lib.fo.am/future_fabulators/futurist_fieldguide
+
+## printing & formatting experiments
+
+details at https://repo.fo.am/foam/futurist-fieldguide/issues/8
+
+## a note on fonts
+
+Fonts used for the fieldguide should be with open licences and perferablty OTF.
+
+installing/updating fonts on Debian
+- cp fonts/*  /usr/local/share/fonts
+- sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local/share/fonts
+- fc-cache -fv
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