Installing fonts

[Steve]

On 12/5/05, Keith Powell <keith at keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk> wrote:
> I have some fonts (mainly TTF) which I would like to install in Ubuntu
> (Gnome), from a CD. As they are not in a repository, I can't use Synaptic.
>
> What is the correct way to install them, please? I have tried putting
> them in a "fonts" folder in my /home/keith directory, (which I thought
> was the correct way), but  nothing will access them.
>
> I am the only user.
>
> I can't find anything about this in the forum or mailing list archives.
> But that doesn't mean that it's not there!
>
> Many thanks for any help.
>
> Keith

Hi Keith,

I had the same question about a month ago. Rajesh on this list gave me
this advice, which worked for me (for True Type Fonts):

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Copy the fonts to the fonts folder /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ and
run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig'.
Rajesh
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Hope that helps you too!

-Steve.
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