Fonts in Ubuntu 8.04

[nik gare]

NoOp wrote:
> On 06/15/2008 02:35 AM, nik gare wrote:
>> nik gare wrote:
>>> RC wrote:
>>>> Hardy Heron:
>>>> There is no ´Fonts´folder under ¨Systems-Preferences¨. ¨Fonts¨ is a tab under ¨Systems-Preferences-Appearances¨. The ¨Details¨ button takes me to a dead end in the ¨Font Rendering Details¨ window. There is no way to the ¨Go to Fonts¨ window.
>>>>
>>>> How do I add or delete fonts in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy???
>>> According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts you should just have to go to 
>>> "fonts:///" in Nautilus,  but I get the error message that Nautilus 
>>> can't handle locations.
>>> I know that I've used this method in the past, so does anyone know why 
>>> it's missing in Hardy, or how I could enable it?
> 
> Unfortunately, it looks like it's nevermore...
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/193897
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517632#c3

I saw that as well, and was a bit surprised.
So the only way an Ubuntu user can install fonts using a gui is via the 
Kcontrol add fonts interface, which seems a little bit strange, to say 
the least.

Nik