Re: Fonts query

[Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl>]

Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI:
> Reco:
> > 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.

In that case, there is a third way:
su -l <your_user> -c "ln -sf ~/MyFonts /usr/local/share/fonts"

But the usual way to install fonts system wide beyond the package
manager is as follows:
put your fonts into /usr/local/share/fonts instead of ~/MyFonts.