F9 - Install a Font

Michael C sieverfrisch at yahoo.ie
Tue May 27 12:56:53 UTC 2008


Steven Stern wrote:
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> I've found numerous guides to installing all of the MS core fonts via 
> a spec file in F9, but how do I install a single TTF font in Fedora 
> 9?  System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearances shows me 
> available fonts, but I can't find a tool to add a font.
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> ~  Steve
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The old way's invariably the best. As root;

mkdir /usr/share/fonts/stevesttfonts
cp font.ttf /usr/share/fonts/stevesttfonts
fc-cache -v -f






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