pages tagged fontsThinking Aloudhttp://www.jrichards.ca/tags/fonts/Thinking Aloudikiwiki2013-01-04T04:09:14ZInstalling New Fonts (ttf) in Debian for the your Personal Usehttp://www.jrichards.ca/posts/installing-new-fonts-ttf-in-debian-for-the-your-personal-use/2013-01-04T04:09:14Z2008-12-24T01:38:22Z
<p>Installing fonts into Debian for a single user is easy. Here it is in 3 steps</p>
<h2>Step 1 - The .fonts File Folder</h2>
<p>Looks into your home directory. We're looking for a hidden folder</p>
<blockquote>~/.fonts</blockquote>
<p>If you already have this folder then you can go to step 3, if not...</p>
<h2>Step 2 - Making the .fonts File Folder</h2>
<p>Open up your terminal go to your home folder and make the the .fonts file folder (this can also be done in the file manager of your choice)</p>
<blockquote>mkdir ~/.fonts</blockquote>
<p>you can check to see if it is there using</p>
<blockquote>ls -a ~</blockquote>
<p>See it there? Good! Time for ...</p>
<h2>Step 3 - Copying your font files (.ttf) into the .fonts file folder</h2>
<p>This can be done either on the command line or in your file manager of choice.</p>
<h2>You're Done</h2>
<p>That's it! If you open up an application that let's you choose your font, you should see your newly installed font. I can attest this works in OpenOffice and in GIMP.</p>
<p>As an example, <a href="http://www.ecofont.eu/ecofont_en.html">try installing ecofont</a> and save the world/your money by using less ink on your print outs.</p>