Re: defoma and registering ttf fonts system wide

[Thilo Six <T.Six@gmx.de>]

Hello


Excerpt from staticsafe:


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>>> I used to use defoma to register ttf fonts. Now that it's gone,
>>> how to register ttf fonts system wide now?
>>
>> Drop the fonts in one of the paths defined in
>> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. Currently this is:
>>
>> <dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</dir>
>> <dir>/usr/local/share/fonts</dir> <dir>~/.fonts</dir>
>>
>>
>> For locally installed, system wide fonts, /usr/local/share/fonts
>> looks like the most suitable place.
>>
> Then `fc-cache -fv` to regenerate the font information cache files.

All of the said is right. I will make just a little adddition. IMO it is better
to use 'fc-cache -rv' instead. As '-r' will also remove no longer available
fonts from the cache which '-f' does not.

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Regards,
Thilo

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