Comments on: Installing Fonts In Ubuntu http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/ Art, Healing, Energy and Life... Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vitalbodies http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-36 vitalbodies Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:19 +0000 http://vitalbodies.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-36 Thank you so much! Ubuntu is awesome and I am glad I can give back! Thank you so much! Ubuntu is awesome and I am glad I can give back!

]]> By: amulet http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-35 amulet Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:16:49 +0000 http://vitalbodies.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-35 Worked like a dream...I wish all Ubuntu stuff was presented in such a clear and easy way. thank you Worked like a dream…I wish all Ubuntu stuff was presented in such a clear and easy way. thank you

]]> By: vitalbodies http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-31 vitalbodies Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:41:37 +0000 http://vitalbodies.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-31 Thank you so much for your comments. I was considering adding a post on how to put all ones fonts in the .fonts folder in the home directory so they are easier to back up. There is a post on this blog about adding fonts in synaptic (which indeed does add a lot of nice fonts) and a post has been in the making about sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig and also adding the ms core fonts. I had not heard of sudo dpkg-reconfigure defoma and that seems like something exciting to explore and use. Thank you so much for your comments. I was considering adding a post on how to put all ones fonts in the .fonts folder in the home directory so they are easier to back up. There is a post on this blog about adding fonts in synaptic (which indeed does add a lot of nice fonts) and a post has been in the making about sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig and also adding the ms core fonts. I had not heard of sudo dpkg-reconfigure defoma and that seems like something exciting to explore and use.

]]> By: Ubuntu Kitten http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Ubuntu Kitten Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:56:41 +0000 http://vitalbodies.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-32 This is a strange way of adding fonts, although it will add them system-wide, so that new users can use them. You also should run the following two commands after adding fonts your way: sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig sudo dpkg-reconfigure defoma This will create the necessary system files so the fonts will work correctly with applications (see man defoma). A much easier way to add fonts is to create a .fonts directory in your /home folder, and put the fonts there. They will then be instantly accessible in your apps, without any further work needed. The trouble is that they will only be accessible by your user account -- new users will have to do the same. You can install lots of fonts using Synaptic by searching for packages that begin with ttf-. This is a strange way of adding fonts, although it will add them system-wide, so that new users can use them.

You also should run the following two commands after adding fonts your way:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
sudo dpkg-reconfigure defoma

This will create the necessary system files so the fonts will work correctly with applications (see man defoma).

A much easier way to add fonts is to create a .fonts directory in your /home folder, and put the fonts there. They will then be instantly accessible in your apps, without any further work needed. The trouble is that they will only be accessible by your user account — new users will have to do the same.

You can install lots of fonts using Synaptic by searching for packages that begin with ttf-.

]]> By: vitalbodies http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-34 vitalbodies Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:09:32 +0000 http://vitalbodies.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-34 Thank you for your comment. If I understand that command, that will only install the MS Core fonts (the fonts that normally come with Windows) rather than ALL of the fonts an artist may have used to create documents. For example, a CorelDraw user may have over 1000 fonts that comes with CorelDraw. VitalBodies is attempting to move away from using proprietary fonts like the fonts owned by MS but we understand that not all users are able to do so... Thank you for your comment. If I understand that command, that will only install the MS Core fonts (the fonts that normally come with Windows) rather than ALL of the fonts an artist may have used to create documents. For example, a CorelDraw user may have over 1000 fonts that comes with CorelDraw. VitalBodies is attempting to move away from using proprietary fonts like the fonts owned by MS but we understand that not all users are able to do so…

]]> By: bjb_nyj101 http://www.vitalbodies.com/blog/2008/07/01/installing-fonts-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-33 bjb_nyj101 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:01:48 +0000 http://vitalbodies.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-33 Yeah, you can do all that work, or you can just: sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts done Yeah, you can do all that work, or you can just:

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

done

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