how to install font?

manoj.linux · 06-24-2013, 11:09 PM

Hi,

I am having windows arial.ttf, would like to install on Linux.

Wheather below steps will install font or any addtional configuration needs to be done?

mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

coppied .ttf to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

fc-cache -fv

tronayne · 06-25-2013, 10:48 AM

I would not mix add-on fonts with system fonts (you might lose them with a system upgrade).

Easier? Try this:

Code:

su -
<password>
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/TTF
cd /usr/local/share/fonts/TTF
<copy the font files to here>
mkfontscale
mkfontdir

That gets them ready for use -- note, you can use whatever name you like in place of TTF both here and below. You can, while you're at it, copy all extra .ttf files you have available into this same directory.

Then get into /etc/fonts and create a file, local.conf that looks like this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>
	<dir>/usr/local/share/fonts/TTF</dir>
</fontconfig>

Once that's done, the system knows where to find those fonts (you can add additional font directories in /usr/local/share/fonts as needed).

Last step:

Code:

su -
<password>
fc-cache -fv

And you're good to go.

Hope this helps some.

manoj.linux · 06-25-2013, 10:44 PM

Many Many Thanks.