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I have some external fonts called Eaglefeather (Frank Lloyd Wright fonts) and I want to install them on to my Linux machine running Linux Mint 7 (Ubuntu based). I can't seem to get them to install which looks to me like just copying them to the /usr/local/share/fonts directory.
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Create a folder in your home directory (ie. ~) called .fonts and paste all fonts there.
This should work since it's ubuntu based but I'm not 100% sure.
Kredns
Posted 2009-09-13T03:55:22.013
Reputation: 2 857
1and then don't forget to 'xset fp rehash' (telling the font-cache to reread all available fonts), after that your apps should find the new font. – akira – 2009-09-27T05:24:27.627
2this works but only installs the fonts for that user. to make it a system-wide installation, use /usr/local/share/fonts. – quack quixote – 2009-10-11T15:37:31.420
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Starting in Linux Mint 8 (based on Ubuntu 9.10), there is an integrated font installer, which I describe in my blog post here:
http://zootlinux.blogspot.com/2010/01/ubuntu-910s-integrated-font-installer.html
Any chance you could upgrade? It would make font installing easier.
If not, check out this Youtube video on how to install fonts in Linux Mint 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CseGMm3AEcw
Zoot
Posted 2009-09-13T03:55:22.013
Reputation: 435
Did you really pay $19.95 for that font? – Kredns – 2009-09-13T04:22:25.160
1If the font is a Truetype .ttf file then copying to a system fonts directory or your ~/.fonts should suffice. Other font types may be different. For example, an Opentype font may work with some programs but may not work with all (especially if it's a .otf file). Some programs will find it more easily if
fc-cacheis re-run and the application restarted. – mas – 2009-09-13T08:05:21.350