Installing fonts is of import for those who are multilingual or desire to spice upward their screen. Many websites uses unlike fonts too without having to install fonts on Linux, you lot wont run into those, you lot volition run into a apartment irksome default font. I volition too present how to reconfigure your fontconfig thence that it looks meliorate on your CRT or LCD screen.
This posts shows how you lot tin install fonts too configure them on the next Linux Operating systems:
- Debian Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- Linux Mint
- Kali Linux
- Any Debian or Ubuntu Variant such equally Elementary OS
The basic – Microsoft TrueType amount Fonts
This packet allows for slow installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including:
Andale Mono
Arial Black
Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Comic Sans MS (Bold)
Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Impact
Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Webdings
You volition demand an Internet connectedness to download these fonts if you lot don’t already receive got them.
NOTE: the packet ttf-liberation contains costless variants of the Times, Arial too Courier fonts. It’s meliorate to purpose those instead unless you lot specifically demand ane of the other fonts from this package.
Install instructions:
First of all let’s depository fiscal establishment fit if nosotros fifty-fifty receive got those fonts inwards our repositories. I purpose Kali Linux which is a variant of Debian Linux. If you’re using Kali, you lot demand to add together the default official repositories.
Let’s practise an apt-cache search:
root@kali: # apt-cache search ttf-mscorefonts-installer
ttf-mscorefonts-installer - Installer for Microsoft TrueType amount fonts
That way nosotros are adept to go. If not, follow the link higher upward to add together official repositories for Kali Linux (or if you’re using Debian Linux or Ubuntu Linux (or fifty-fifty Linux Mint variants), larn too add together official repositories for that.)
Now install Microsoft TrueType amount using a unmarried command:
root@kali: #
root@kali: # apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
(output below)
Output - Click to expand
Output - Click to expand
Reading packet lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading dry reason information... Done
The next NEW packages volition live installed:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to withdraw too 87 non upgraded.
Need to larn 0 B/33.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 127 kB of additional disk infinite volition live used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected packet ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
(Reading database ... 360406 files too directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (from .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig ...
Setting upward ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1) ...
These fonts were provided past times Microsoft "in the involvement of cross-
platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, only they are
still available from 3rd parties.
You are costless to download these fonts too purpose them for your ain use,
but you lot may non redistribute them inwards modified form, including changes
to the file cite or packaging format.
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extracting Arial.TTF
All done, no errors.
comic32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: comic32.exe
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting Comicbd.TTF
extracting Comic.TTF
extracting fontinst.exe
All done, no errors.
courie32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: courie32.exe
extracting cour.ttf
extracting courbd.ttf
extracting courbi.ttf
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting couri.ttf
extracting fontinst.exe
All done, no errors.
georgi32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: georgi32.exe
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting Georgiaz.TTF
extracting Georgiab.TTF
extracting Georgiai.TTF
extracting Georgia.TTF
extracting fontinst.exe
All done, no errors.
impact32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: impact32.exe
extracting fontinst.exe
extracting Impact.TTF
extracting fontinst.inf
All done, no errors.
times32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: times32.exe
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting Times.TTF
extracting Timesbd.TTF
extracting Timesbi.TTF
extracting Timesi.TTF
extracting FONTINST.EXE
All done, no errors.
trebuc32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: trebuc32.exe
extracting FONTINST.EXE
extracting trebuc.ttf
extracting Trebucbd.ttf
extracting trebucbi.ttf
extracting trebucit.ttf
extracting fontinst.inf
All done, no errors.
verdan32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: verdan32.exe
extracting fontinst.exe
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting Verdanab.TTF
extracting Verdanai.TTF
extracting Verdanaz.TTF
extracting Verdana.TTF
All done, no errors.
webdin32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: webdin32.exe
extracting fontinst.exe
extracting Webdings.TTF
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting Licen.TXT
All done, no errors.
All fonts downloaded too installed.
root@kali: #
Note: If you’re behind a proxy server or TOR network, this install powerfulness non work, it seems you lot must live straight connected to Internet.
Similar font packet you lot tin too install
Here’s a listing of other fonts that you lot tin install, follow is a listing of packet names, that way you lot tin use
apt-get install <package-name>
to install these
ttf-liberation
fonts-liberation
ttf-uralic
fonts-uralic
ttf-root-installer
ttf-freefont
ttf-dustin
ttf-linux-libertine
fonts-linuxlibertine
fonts-dustin
ttf-staypuft
For example:
apt-get install ttf-staypuft
More ways to install fonts
Sometimes you lot download .ttf file (a font file) too you lot desire to install it directly. In that case, re-create the font file to ane of the next directory.
The fonts tin live copied inwards ane of this directories:
- /usr/share/fonts
- /usr/share/X11/fonts
- /usr/local/share/fonts
- /.fonts
Here’s how the directories work.
If you lot desire the fonts for everyone on the organization (i.e. inwards a multiuser environment) too thence pose them on /usr/share/fonts.
If you lot alone desire the fonts for yourself, too thence pose them on .fonts directory of your habitation folder.
Once you’ve copied the files inwards right places, lawsuit the next ascendence to which volition read too cache all installed fonts from these directories.
root@kali: # fc-cache -fv
Output - Click to expand
Output - Click to expand
/usr/share/fonts: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, v dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, four dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: caching, novel cache contents: 75 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: caching, novel cache contents: 59 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/util: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, v dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-janan2: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/cantarell: caching, novel cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 8 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: caching, novel cache contents: xviii fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: caching, novel cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: caching, novel cache contents: xvi fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lyx: caching, novel cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts: caching, novel cache contents: lx fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu: caching, novel cache contents: 21 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation: caching, novel cache contents: xvi fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-staypuft: caching, novel cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: caching, novel cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/local/share/fonts: caching, novel cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/root/.fonts: caching, novel cache contents: 61 fonts, 0 dirs
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.fontconfig: non cleaning non-existent cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded
root@kali: #
Now if you lot desire to listing all installed too cached fonts on your system, you lot demand to purpose fc-list command.
Sample output below:
root@kali: # fc-list
Output - Click to expand
Output - Click to expand
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/comicbd.ttf: Comic Sans MS:style=Bold,Negreta,tučné,fed,Fett,Έντονα,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Félkövér,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,Полужирный,Fet,Kalın,Krepko,Lodia/root/.fonts/Ubuntu_Bold_Italic.ttf: Ubuntu:style=Bold Italic,Negreta cursiva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itálico,Fet Kursiv,Lodi etzana
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/lmtti10.pfb: LMMono10:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid/DroidNaskh-Bold.ttf: Droid Sans:style=Bold
/root/.fonts/Neuropolitical.ttf: Neuropolitical,Neuropolitical Rg:style=Regular
/root/.fonts/AvantGarde_LT_Medium.ttf: AvantGarde LT Medium:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/lmtko10.pfb: LMMonoLt10:style=BoldOblique
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/s050000l.pfb: Standard Symbols L:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/comic.ttf: Comic Sans MS:style=Regular,Normal,obyčejné,Standard,Κανονικά,Normaali,Normál,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,Обычный,Normálne,Navadno,Arrunta
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/lmbo10.pfb: LMRomanDemi10:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold Oblique
/root/.fonts/Zekton.ttf: Zekton:style=Regular
/root/.fonts/Michroma.ttf: Michroma:style=Regular
--output truncated--
Configuring Fonts on Linux
Now if you lot desire to reconfigure or configure hows fonts are displayed on your system, you lot purpose the next command:
root@kali: # dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
It volition introduce you lot amongst a serial of options where you lot pick out what you lot want.
The commencement alternative is if you lot desire Native, Autohinter or None tuning for your fonts.
I’ve selected Native on the higher upward covert too pressed Ok.
On the side past times side screen, it volition inquire you lot whether you lot desire to enable subpixel rendering for screen.
Obviously nosotros desire that, it makes fonts await a lot meliorate on apartment (LCD) screen, at the sametime if you’re using a CRT screen, it powerfulness pause a few things. So automatic is the way to go. (in my personal case, I should’ve chosed Always too I am using a LCD screen, the pick is yours to make). Press Ok to motion to the side past times side screen.
The lastly covert was asking me whether I desire to enable bitmapped fonts past times default. I selected Yes … (duh! I wasn’t truly sure, only heck, I tin come upward dorsum anytime too run the dpkg reconfigure ascendence to gear upward whatsoever problems. So why not? )
Choose your alternative too press Enter.
Do fonts on your covert looks meliorate now?
Downloading too installing a font
During my search I came across this corking website that contains costless fonts.http://www.dafont.com/
So I decided I desire to download a Gothic Font for fun.
root@kali: # wget http://img.dafont.com/dl/?f=old_london -O old_london.zip
Please banker's complaint that I used -O old_london.zip file equally the output name. It’s because the website doesn’t render a take link to the file.
Uncompress the file:
root@kali: # ls
Desktop Downloads old_london.zip Work
root@kali: # unzip old_london.zip
Archive: old_london.zip
inflating: OldLondon.ttf
inflating: OldLondonAlternate.ttf
inflating: Olondon_.otf
inflating: Olondona.otf
root@kali: #
Move the font files (*.ttf) to /usr/share/fonts folder.
root@kali: # mv OldLondon.ttf OldLondonAlternate.ttf /usr/share/fonts/
root@kali: #
Rebuild your font cache.
root@kali: # fc-cache -f
root@kali: #
Confirm that the files exists inwards font cache now.
root@kali: # fc-list | grep OldLondon
/usr/share/fonts/OldLondon.ttf: Old London:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/OldLondonAlternate.ttf: Old London Alternate:style=Regular
root@kali: #
So at nowadays that nosotros receive got fonts too all, lets type to run into how it truly looks like:
It reads
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Temple of the King
(A vocal championship from Rainbow inwards instance you're wondering)
Conclusion:
The best receive got from this postal service would live installing novel fonts. I retrieve this solves font config for whatsoever Linux distributions. Enjoy too endeavor out around interesting fonts. Thanks for reading. Please share.







