Re: Fonts query

[Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org>]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:46:55 +0300
Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Given a collection of .ttf font files I keep in my ~/MyFonts/ directory.
> > How do I instruct Wheezy to also look in that dir when I run
> > 	root@ron:/home/ron # fc-cache -fv
> > to reload the font cache ?

> Debian-correct upgrade-safe way:
> su -l <your_user> -c "ln -sf ~/MyFonts ~/.fonts"

> Hackish you've-been-warned way:
> Add "<dir>~/MyFonts</dir>" stanza into /etc/fonts/fonts.conf.
> Second way is hackish *and* wrong because Keith Packard himself tells
> you that from the comments of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf :)

Ta, I'll risk the hackish way as I want those fonts to be available to all users.
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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