Help with fonts

[Gom33]

Hi guys,

Trying to make my desktop like MAC OS and I am following the mac4lin guide but do not understand what I need to do for the fonts... it says I need to copy andpaste as root and I do not know what that means... here is a screen shot of what I am talking about...

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd232/Gom33/Screenshot-Mac4Lin_Documentation_2p.png

Any help is GREATLY appreciated...

thanks!

[Ub1476]

To open Nautilus as root, type:

sudo nautilus

You can also create a font directory in your home directory and put the fonts inside there. The directory should be called ".fonts".

I you want root applications (update manager, software-sources etc) to look like your normal apps (file-manager, appearance) type this into your terminal:

sudo ln -s ~/.themes /root/.themes
sudo ln -s ~/.icons /root/.icons
sudo ln -s ~/.fonts /root/.fonts

[jordanmthomas]

To open Nautilus as root, type:

sudo nautilus


Just for the record, you should use gksudo when launching graphical applications so you don't mess up your .ICEAuthority's permissions (and others).

Also, to add fonts, I just do this:
1. add fonts to my ~/.fonts folder (make it if you don't have one)
2. run
sudo fc-cache -f

And your font is installed. using fonts:/// should work too though.

[Gom33]

Thanks for your help guys... Will have to try this when I get home...