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Ubuntu users often need TrueType fonts for Open Office, Gimp, and other programs. Using this guide, you can either install one font at a time automatically or install multiple fonts manually.
Note : If you are using KDE, double-clicking on a font in Dolphin should automatically open the font in K Font View. When you click on the button labeled "Install..." if the font is not already installed, you will receive a prompt asking if you want to install it for personal use or system wide. If you choose system, you will be prompted for your sudo password.
Steps
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Download TrueType fonts. (The file extension will be .ttf or .otf) Unzip your files if necessary.
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Move or copy your files to the ~/ Directory. The ~/ Directory is your home folder. This means that if you were logged in as cruddpuppet, the directory would be /home/cruddpuppet/ .
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Go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal. This will take you to the terminal.
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Type “cd /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype” without quotes into the command line. This is a directory for user-added fonts in linux.
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Type “sudo mkdir myfonts” without quotes. This will make a directory called “myfonts” in which to store your fonts. If you’re not logged in as root, you will be prompted to provide your password.
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Type “cd myfonts” without quotes. This copies you into the new directory.
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Type “sudo cp ~/fontname.ttf .” without quotes. This copies the TrueType fonts into your new directory. (Alternatively, type “sudo cp ~/*.ttf .”; the * acts as a wildcard, allowing you to copy all your fonts from the ~/ Directory at once.)
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Type “sudo chown root fontname.ttf”(or *.ttf) to change file owner to the root.
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Type “cd ..” and then “fc-cache” without quotes to add newly-added fonts to system-wide font index, so all applications can see them.
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- The following fonts can be installed to Ubuntu: Arial, Courier New, Microsoft Sans Serif, Georgia, Tahoma, Verdana, and Trebuchet MS.Thanks
- If you don't have root/sudo privileges on the machine, you can put the TTF files in the ~/.fonts directory instead.Thanks
- You can install fonts into Fedora, Red Hat, Debian and many other Linux distributions.Thanks
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Warnings
- Logging in as root gives you all permissions, putting all your files at risk. It's suggested that you don't do normal work logged in as root.Thanks
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