Re: Proper "modern" way to install TrueType fonts in Lenny/Sid?
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 08:50:29PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:07:02 -0600
> Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to use an early-semitic font (midway down page
> > http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/30_intro.html) on my Sid system.
> >
> > A couple of weeks ago I was playing with a Slashdot(?)-highlighted site
> > that allows you to make a font of your own handwriting, and after
> > scanning my handwriting in and submitting it to the site, I got a .ttf
> > file, and I was able to find some instructions on the web about dropping
> > the .ttf file into "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kents-handwriting/" and
> > then to run "fc-cache -fv" or something similar. (I can't recall all the
> > details now, and I can't find the site that walked me through the process.)
> As far as I know you simply place the fonts in ~/.fonts folder. Create
> one if it doesn't already exist. Launch the application you want and
> use it there.
Basically drop them somewhere under /usr/share/fonts , run as root
'fc-cache' and be done with it. The specific subdirectory is merely to
advisory, in order keep thing in order. Defoma, font path, fxs and such
are not really needed for standard desktop usage.
How exactly do you see that the font is not installed?
~/.fonts only applies to your user.
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