Saturday, January 3, 2009

Installing Fonts In Ubuntu

Sometimes we need to install new fonts in Ubuntu. Here is a method of installing fonts in Ubuntu.

-> Put the fonts on temporary folder (/tmp).
-> Open Nautilus file browser in root access (alt+F2 gksudo nautilus).
-> Go to fonts folder (/usr/share/fonts).
-> Creat a folder for your new font.
-> Cut and Paste the new font form temporary folder to the newly created folder.
-> Run font cache or type the code below in terminal:

sudo fc-cache -f