Better font viewer install#
Better font viewer update#

The Debian Fonts Review service needs to be revived. The page displays the fonts contained in some packages, but the list of packages and fonts isn't updated any more. You may also find the following useful to change the default font rendering: To view a list of server-side (available directly from X server, so font hinting and antialiasing are not available) monospaced fonts: $ xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-m*' To view a list of monospaced client-side fonts (available from Xft, so it is possible to apply font hinting and antialiasing): $ fc-list :spacing=mono A python based graphical utility, font-manager, is also available to preview all installed and available fonts.įontconfig is the underlying configuration tool you may find the following programs useful:įc-match -s helvetica – show an ordered list of fonts matching a certain name or patternįc-cache -fv – rebuilds cached list of fonts (in ~/.config/fontconfig, older caches may also be in ~/.fontconfig) You can verify the fonts are present by looking for them in an application (such as a word processor), or by using the command fc-list. GNOME users can simply open a Nautilus window to fonts:// and drag&drop the font files in there.

Then enable bit maps font in the third screen. If you are installing bit map fonts you might need to enable this with dpkg-reconfigure: # dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config

The above mentioned paths can be customized in the fontconfig configuration file at /etc/fonts/nf – you can also include subdirectories or links, which is useful if you have a directory of fonts on a separate hard drive (or partition or other location).

Better font viewer update#

Run fc-cache to update the font cache (add -v for verbose output). These files should have the permission 644 ( -rw-r-r-), otherwise they may not be usable. ttf or otf files and placing them into /usr/local/share/fonts (system-wide), ~/.local/share/fonts (user-specific) or ~/.fonts (user-specific).

Better font viewer install#

Install a font manually by downloading the appropriate. Some non-free font downloader packages are in contrib, which you will need to add to your sources if not present. Some fonts might have a -variable build, which are known as (VF), variable font.As default system-wide fonts will be installed into /usr/share/fonts by the package-manager.įor most uses, you’ll want TrueType (TTF) and OpenType (OTF) fonts – these packages start with fonts. Fonts can be added system-wide to Debian by installing the appropriate package fonts are specified in the “Fonts” section.