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  1. #91
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by uknowyalovmeh View Post
    ok i have never used ubuntu before now and none of what your saying makes any sense to me. I dont know how to find those like apt source things or use the command lines or make scripts? Does anyone know or knows a guide that explains this step by step and in great detail? I feel like a complete retard.
    im trying to install fonts so I can make the pretty images w/ GIMP that I did with windows
    Go to Places
    select Home Folder
    right click on the window that opens and select Create Folder
    write its name as .fonts
    Click on it
    Now drop all the folders you have with fonts to this .fonts folder.
    The new fonts are installed.

    if the .fonts folder disappears (its a hidden folder because of the . before its name), just press ctrl+h on the Home Folder and you'll see all the hidden folders. .fonts will be there.

  2. #92
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by henriquemaia View Post
    Go to Places
    select Home Folder
    right click on the window that opens and select Create Folder
    write its name as .fonts
    Click on it
    Now drop all the folders you have with fonts to this .fonts folder.
    The new fonts are installed.

    if the .fonts folder disappears (its a hidden folder because of the . before its name), just press ctrl+h on the Home Folder and you'll see all the hidden folders. .fonts will be there.
    Also you may find that you don't have a .fonts folder, in this case press
    Shift+Ctrl+N and type .fonts . the . and s is required in the folder name

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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    If
    control+l
    fonts://
    doesn't work, the next easiest way is:

    cd ~
    mkdir .fonts

    Copy ttf fonts to ~/.fonts

    Reboot.

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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by adamkane View Post
    Reboot.
    No need to reboot.

    Also, fonts copied in the personal fonts directory of a user will only be available to that user. To make them available system-wide, copy them somewhere under /usr/share/fonts.
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Ok as I'm resurching and writing I found out about the
    Code:
    fonts:///
    Method and found out that.
    1 fonts:/// is the same as /home/username/.fonts (the clue is in the 3 "/"
    2 When using this method fonts don't show up immediatly and sometime require you to shut down the file manager, reopen and revisit fonts:///.

    However when I try I get
    Code:
    cannot access .fonts
    in user mode and

    Code:
    Cannot handle /home/username/fonts
    Ok solved it, the command is
    Code:
    .fonts///
    as root
    If multiple users use the computer then fonts need to be installed to
    Code:
    /usr/share/fonts/

  6. #96
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    This (/home/.fonts) does not appear to work in 8.10 while it did in 8.04LT

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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by stankopp View Post
    This (/home/.fonts) does not appear to work in 8.10 while it did in 8.04LT
    What do you mean? the .fonts folder doesn't exist untill it is created.
    the .fonts/// on the other had seams to now be an admin tast.

  8. #98
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Thanks mate,

    Worked fine for me,

    Open terminal:

    Mkdir ~/.fonts

    then copy your fonts into that folder.

    then run in terminal:

    fc-cache -f -v
    Last edited by keyboardslave; March 8th, 2009 at 02:34 AM. Reason: must run fc-cache -f -v
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  9. #99
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    Thanks mssever for that helpful script.Are you a programmer or something?It good you are using your skills to make other users lives easier.It nice being part of the ubuntu community.I really appreciate the help one gets in this forums.Thanks all.

  10. #100
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    Re: How to install fonts in Ubuntu?

    if I hit ctrl+l and I type in fonts:// it says either: Could not display "fonts:///" (not root), or Could not find "/home/daniel/fonts:". (root), can anyone help me out here?

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