Re: Fonts query
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI composed on 2016-02-12 16:05 (UTC-0300):
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:46:55 +0300 Reco 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"
~/.fonts has been deprecated to ~/.config/fonts ?or? ~/.share/fonts, IIRC.
>> 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.
Make symlink from ~/MyFonts to /usr/local/share/fonts
bind mount them if need be
alternatively, move the content of MyFonts to /usr/local/share/fonts. # what
I usually do
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