Font on Ubuntu

carlosinfl · 01-27-2007, 02:08 PM

I am using Ubuntu 6.10 right now which has a font called "Purisa" and I would like to also use this font on my Debian boxes as well. Does anyone know where I can find the .ttf files for Purisa on this Ubuntu machine so I can import it to another Debian box?

Thanks for any info!

vtel57 · 01-27-2007, 03:28 PM

Try in /usr/share/fonts.

Luck!

fragos · 01-27-2007, 05:27 PM

You can also look in /home/{user}/.fonts

carlosinfl · 01-29-2007, 09:29 AM

Yes, I looked in both /home/user/.fonts and also /usr/share/fonts

Code:

carlos@lptp:/usr/share/fonts$ ls
fonts.cache-1  truetype  type1  X11

I don't have a /home/user/.fonts directory and I am unable to locate the mentioned above font in /usr/share/fonts.

Any suggestions? It has to be on this system somewhere...

fragos · 01-29-2007, 11:56 AM

/home/{user}/.fonts is an optional directory. Did you open /usr/share/fonts/truetype. The code you included implies not.

carlosinfl · 01-29-2007, 01:22 PM

Yes - I checked there and find the following directories.

Code:

carlos@lptp:~$ cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
carlos@lptp:/usr/share/fonts/truetype$ ls
arphic         thai                  ttf-gentium          ttf-oriya-fonts
baekmuk        ttf-arabeyes          ttf-gujarati-fonts   ttf-punjabi-fonts
fonts.cache-1  ttf-bengali-fonts     ttf-kannada-fonts    ttf-tamil-fonts
freefont       ttf-bitstream-vera    ttf-lao              ttf-telugu-fonts
kochi          ttf-dejavu            ttf-malayalam-fonts
openoffice     ttf-devanagari-fonts  ttf-mgopen

I think I found it assuming that all I need is the purisa.ttf file.

Code:

carlos@lptp:/usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai$ ls
fonts.cache-1           Loma.ttf                TlwgMono-BoldOblique.ttf
Garuda-BoldOblique.ttf  Norasi-BoldItalic.ttf   TlwgMono-Bold.ttf
Garuda-Bold.ttf         Norasi-BoldOblique.ttf  TlwgMono-Oblique.ttf
Garuda-Oblique.ttf      Norasi-Bold.ttf         TlwgMono.ttf
Garuda.ttf              Norasi-Italic.ttf       TlwgTypewriter-BoldOblique.ttf
Loma-BoldOblique.ttf    Norasi-Oblique.ttf      TlwgTypewriter-Bold.ttf
Loma-Bold.ttf           Norasi.ttf              TlwgTypewriter-Oblique.ttf
Loma-Oblique.ttf        Purisa.ttf              TlwgTypewriter.ttf

Now I should be able to just copy that .ttf file and move it to another system and load that in its font directory, right?