Installing fonts with FON extension under Ubuntu/Debian?

Hi,

The conventional way is to simply copy them into ~/.fonts

While it works flawlessly well with ttf files, it looks like there is no way with monospace fonts with FON extension.

Any help welcome!

Sincerely,

anyone?

<name>.fon may not be a font ?

Please use the file command : <name>.fon


According to this, suffix .fon is a "font file", not a font ?
http://support.sas.com/demosdownload...me_100195.html


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Originally Posted by knudfl <name>.fon may not be a font ? Please use the file command : <name>.fon According to this, suffix .fon is a "font file", not a font ? http://support.sas.com/demosdownload...me_100195.html .

fon extension is monospace. it is used by gvim for instance and other linux/windows apps, usually for developers

Fonts with the .fon extension are Windows bitmap fonts. Linux uses pcf fonts. If you really want a bitmap font, you can convert using Fontforge.

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann Fonts with the .fon extension are Windows bitmap fonts. Linux uses pcf fonts. If you really want a bitmap font, you can convert using Fontforge.

Fontforge sounds good. sure I need fon

I have yesterday googled for a font big database to get few, but I couldnt find any. FON is used mainly by gvim under windows, since it cannot read ttf.

I might look for dev font type and try to fontforge them, as you advice.

I let you know the progresses...

Thanks