I was playing around on Xubuntu, and wondered how to install new fonts. There are zillion of great fonts over at Search Free Fonts. I especially thought this Turkey Font (shown above) to be appropriate for Thanksgiving Day. Lots of Xmas ones as well!
As to installing, I found this script to be helpful. First, you
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-install
then you save the following as an executable file…I called mine “fontinstaller.sh” without quotes. Then, I ran the file by typing “sh ./fontinstaller.sh” without quotes. It installed without problem…of course, I would go through the trouble of downloading and placing all your ttf (font files) in ONE directory to ease installation.
#!/bin/bash
#
# This script helps to install fonts
#
# Set your default font storage directory here
##DEFAULT_DIR=”$HOME/fonts”
DEFAULT_DIR=`pwd`
# Set the default font installation directory here
DEFAULT_DEST=”/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-install”
# Don’t edit anything below unless you know what you’re doing.
echo “In which directory are the fonts?”
echo -n “[$DEFAULT_DIR] ”
read DIR
echo
echo “What is the extention (without the dot) of the fonts?”
echo -n “[ttf] ”
read EXT
echo
echo “Where should the fonts be installed?”
echo “DO NOT CHANGE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!”
echo -n “[$DEFAULT_DEST] ”
read DEST
if [ -z “$DIR” ]; then
DIR=”$DEFAULT_DIR”
fi
if [ -z “$EXT” ]; then
EXT=”ttf”
fi
if [ -z “$DEST” ]; then
DEST=”$DEFAULT_DEST”
fi
sudo -v
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo “Unable to obtain the necessary privileges. Exiting…”
echo -n “Press to continue. ”
read WER
exit $?
fi
echo
echo
if [ ! -d “$DIR” ]; then
echo “Directory $DIR does not exist. Exiting…”
echo -n “Press to continue. ”
read SDF
exit 2
fi
if [ ! -d “$DEST” ]; then
echo “Directory $DEST does not exist. Exiting…”
echo -n “Press to continue. ”
read DFG
exit 1
fi
echo “Copying fonts…”
cd “$DIR”
for i in *.”$EXT”; do
sudo cp -iv “$i” “$DEST”
done
echo
echo
echo “Updating the font cache…”
sudo fc-cache -fv
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo “Error updating the font cache. Your fonts haven’t been completely installed. Try running sudo fc-cache -fv manually. Exiting…”
echo -n “Press to continue.”
read FSF
exit $?
fi
echo
echo
echo “Finished.”
echo
echo “You will probably need to restart running programs to use the new fonts.”
echo -n “Press to exit. ”
read WERT
exit 0
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