Re: Fonts query
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:03:59 +0100
Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> wrote:
> > 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.
Except that your font collection is lost on the day you format the / partition for a new install.
The ln way at least lets them be kept safe in the /home partition.
Cheers,
Ron.
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