Is There A Font Installer For Ubuntu?

Chris Mohler cr33dog at gmail.com
Wed Apr 22 22:10:31 UTC 2009


On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
[...]
> I saw the package was used for downloading msttcorefonts and other
> Windows fonts perhaps; as I'd already got those, I decided not to
> bother.  I acheived the result I wanted by copying them directly
> into /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

You can also copy fonts to $HOME/.fonts

> As I get most of my fonts from http://www.1001freefonts.com to create
> posters, etc., I actually needed a font installer but could have done
> with more detail in viewing the fonts than the Specimen Font Prievewer
> in the repositories, but that didn't install fonts.
>
> I must thank Mike Lee for suggesting FontMatrix.  The package does
> install fonts (it calls it "Importing" but it appears to install the
> font) but it is an excellent tool for viewing the fonts and glyphs.
> And its in the repositories as fontmatrix. Thank you, Mike!

There's a program in the repos called fontypython that manages
symlinks from wherever your font files are to $HOME/.fonts.  It
arranges them into collections called "pogs" so you can turn them on
and off easily.  I'm a graphic designer and find it helpful.

And - drifting a bit off topic - here's another place to get free fonts:
http://www.dafont.com/

Chris




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