Fonts

Avraham Hanadari rufus at hanadari.net
Sat Apr 15 17:55:45 UTC 2006


squareyes wrote:
> Avraham Hanadari wrote:
> 
>> I wish to add TT fonts to Ubuntu. I see two repositories: /etc/fonts 
>> and /usr/share/fonts. In both places are pages that seem to identify 
>> the fonts within a folder. What must I do to add fonts to the Ubuntu 
>> collection? Where should I put the font files? Must I run some command 
>> line after dropping the fonts someplace? Thanks in advance,  Avraham
>>
>>
> Hi,
> try
> 
> 
> Copy the fonts to the fonts folder /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ and
> run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig'.
> Hope this helps,
> Take Care
> Winton
> 
I've tried to copy fonts, but I get the message that I do not have 
permission to copy to the folder. What must I do to get copy rights?
Avraham




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