<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ccffff" text="#003300"> Johan Sandberg wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:479AD34E.9010800@dkss.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Willis Taylor wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 13:42 +0000, Richard wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">-----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>] On Behalf Of Johan Sandberg Sent: 25 January 2008 13:10 To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions Subject: Re: How to integrate TTF-Font ? SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux skrev: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi Ubuntu Users Under WIN-OS'es I always had a special font installed ! How and where do I install this Font Group in Ubuntu ?? TIA for your advice and guidance !!! Cheers, svobi </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">You could put them somewhere below /usr/share/fonts/truetype or in ~/.fonts. But please keep in mind that the fonts placed in ~/.fonts are unusable for other users... BR /Johan -- The other thing to do is refresh the font cache when this is done - sudo fc-cache -f -v I've noticed that some fonts are instantly accessible - others are not. YMMV. Rich </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Hi Johan & Rich Thanks for your feedback and the hints ! @Johan: Well, it's only my personal notebook and I wouldn't restrict the/this font to me only ;-) So /usr/shr/fonts/truetype seems the correct location ! Will place it there !! @Rich: Cool hint the refresh of the cache ! ;-) Cheers, svobi </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Well, I thought I might learn something but!!! I downloaded some tf fonts into /home/downloads/.fonts and I have done everything I can do to copy them into the suggested directory but I'm not allowed to paste them there. Is there a sudo command? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">You could either run nautilus in sudo mode: $ sudo nautilus or move them sudo style on the command line... $ sudo mv *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype </pre> </blockquote> Thank you very much. The Nautilus trick did the deal. </body> </html>