Installing fonts

[Rick]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Rick wrote:
>> In earlier releases of Ubuntu, I had no trouble dropping fonts into a 
>> folder / directory and making the system recognize the change. In 
>> Kubuntu 8.04 there is a lovely interface for performing this function. 
>> Ubuntu 8.04 seems to have changed the rules of the game. The last time I 
>> checked, information sources do not explain the new rules. I have 
>> already added the
>> sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

>     Well I did the above and it finished complete. I then ran Open 
> Office Writer and there were the fonts.

Karl, thanks for your suggestion.

I already wrote that I'd installed the msttcorefonts. That's always one 
of the first steps in setting up a new distribution. It's fonts not in 
that collection that I want to install.
> 
> 
>>  and
>> sudo fc-cache -f -v.
>> Just what must I do to add a bunch of fonts to the fonts repository on 
>> Ubuntu?
>>
>>   
>     Which fonts repository are you talking about?

Ah! There's the sticking point. There are several places where fonts are 
stored in the new Ubuntu. I spoke ambiguously, because I don't know 
where to put them in 8.04.

Rick