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pmlxuser
June 13th, 2008, 09:00 AM
in ubuntu 7.10 i could install fonts by just opening fonts:/// and pasting my new fonts. in ubuntu 8.04 however i get a pop up error that says

Couldn't display "fonts:///".
Nautilus cannot handle fonts: locations

i would really like to install some fonts ("i like Garamond"), have they changed the way to do it if so please advise.

pmlxuser
June 13th, 2008, 10:24 AM
it looks that i was a little bit lazy but after some extensive searches i arrived at this http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/17/how-to-install-fonts-in-ubuntu-804/ and it has done the Job.

rzlatic
June 13th, 2008, 02:15 PM
in ubuntu 7.10 i could install fonts by just opening fonts:/// and pasting my new fonts. in ubuntu 8.04 however i get a pop up error that says

Couldn't display "fonts:///".
Nautilus cannot handle fonts: locations

a simple trick worked for me: put your additional fonts in .fonts directory under your home dir.