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5. Install Microsoft Fonts On Linux Mint

That’s all, folks. Hope your Linux days become much happier with a clear and beautiful fonts all around. Credits go to: WEBUPD8 portal for setting up Infinality tutorial; Danny Stieben for setting up mac and windows fonts on Linux tutorial; SHA512 for figuring out workaround of Cinnamon startup issue; Infinality for bringing beauty of fonts to Linux. Install fonts on Kali Linux and configure them on the following Linux Operating systems: Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Kali or Debian or Ubuntu Variants. Many websites uses different fonts and without having to install fonts on Kali Linux, you wont see those, you will see a flat boring default font. I'm trying to install Arial fonts on CentOs 7 or a fonts pack containing such fonts, preferably using a yum command. I haven't found any guides on how to go about this.

If you're just wanting the standard Microsoft fonts, then install ttf-mscorefonts-installer as richyrich suggested. In the past, and on a different distribution (Xandros), I put a bunch of fonts on the computer by simply downloading them from the web, then opening a root file manager and copy/paste the fonts in to the usr/share/fonts/truetype folder.

I'm trying to install these bitmap fonts: http://font.gohu.org/

I downloaded the compressed PCF files and extracted them to /usr/share/fonts, Then ran sudo fc-cache -fv.

The fonts weren't showing up in any program's font options.

I tried the same but with true type fonts; same result.

I tried using ~/.fonts as my font directory; still no change

I tried using Mint's inbuilt font installer (by double clicking on the font file), and it says 'Install Failed' when I click on the Install button. I've tried renaming the .pcf.gz files to .pcf but with the same results.

I tried doing all of the above and then rebooting my system and I still can't see the fonts in any programs.

Install Microsoft Fonts In Linux Mint

Jeff Schaller♦

3 Answers

the default config restricts the use of bitmap fonts, that's all.

restart X (i.e. log out and log in again) and you should be good to go :)

(note, however, that not every program can use bitmaps fonts. LibreOffice, for example, can't use them.)

edit:

just for the record, and in case it wasn't clear, I'm running Linux Mint 15 64bit as my primary operating system, and I've successfully installed and am using the GohuFonts -- no need to ungzip them, or to use xset.

simonsimon

You need to recreate X server's font list. Either restart your X session (you can also start another one either on different virtual terminal or use a nested server like Xephyr) or simply tell the one running to reindex its font cache:

peterphpeterphAnthon

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Installing fonts is important for those who are multilingual or want to spice up their screen. Many websites uses different fonts and without having to install fonts on Linux, you wont see those, you will see a flat boring default font. I will also show how to reconfigure your fontconfig so that it looks better on your CRT or LCD screen.

This posts shows how you can install fonts and configure them on the following Linux Operating systems:

1. Debian Linux
2. Ubuntu Linux
3. Linux Mint
4. Kali Linux
5. Any Debian or Ubuntu Variant such as Elementary OS

The basic – Microsoft TrueType core Fonts

This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including:

You will need an Internet connection to download these fonts if you don’t already have them.

NOTE: the package ttf-liberation contains free variants of the Times, Arial and Courier fonts. It’s better to use those instead unless you specifically need one of the other fonts from this package.

Install instructions:

First of all let’s check if we even have those fonts in our repositories. I use Kali Linux which is a variant of Debian Linux. If you’re using Kali, you need to add the default official repositories.

Let’s do an apt-cache search:

That means we are good to go. If not, follow the link above to add official repositories for Kali Linux (or if you’re using Debian Linux or Ubuntu Linux (or even Linux Mint variants), go and add official repositories for that.)

Now install Microsoft TrueType core using a single command:

(output below)

Note: If you’re behind a proxy server or TOR network, this install might not work, it seems you must be directly connected to Internet.

Similar font package you can also install

Here’s a list of other fonts that you can install, follow is a list of package names, that means you can use

to install these

For example:

More ways to install fonts

Sometimes you download .ttf file (a font file) and you want to install it directly. In that case, copy the font file to one of the following directory.

The fonts can be copied in one of this directories:

1. /usr/share/fonts
2. /usr/share/X11/fonts
3. /usr/local/share/fonts
4. ~/.fonts

Here’s how the directories work.

If you want the fonts for everyone on the system (i.e. in a multiuser environment) then put them on /usr/share/fonts.

If you only want the fonts for yourself, then put them on ~.fonts directory of your home folder.

Once you’ve copied the files in correct places, issue the following command to which will read and cache all installed fonts from these directories.

Now if you want to list all installed and cached fonts on your system, you need to use fc-list command.

Sample output below:

How To Install Microsoft Fonts In Linux Mint

Configuring Fonts on Linux

Now if you want to reconfigure or configure hows fonts are displayed on your system, you use the following command:

It will present you with a series of options where you select what you want.

The first option is if you want Native, Autohinter or None tuning for your fonts.

I’ve selected Native on the above screen and pressed Ok.

On the next screen, it will ask you whether you want to enable subpixel rendering for screen.

Obviously we want that, it makes fonts look a lot better on flat (LCD) screen, at the sametime if you’re using a CRT screen, it might break a few things. So automatic is the way to go. (in my personal case, I should’ve chosed Always and I am using a LCD screen, the choice is yours to make). Press Ok to move to the next screen.

The last screen was asking me whether I want to enable bitmapped fonts by default. I selected Yes … (duh! I wasn’t actually sure, but heck, I can come back anytime and run the dpkg reconfigure command to fix any problems. So why not? )

Choose your option and press Enter.

Do fonts on your screen looks better now?

Downloading and installing a font

During my search I came across this great website that contains free fonts.http://www.dafont.com/

So I decided I want to download a Gothic Font for fun.

Please note that I used -O old_london.zip file as the output name. It’s because the website doesn’t provide a direct link to the file.

Install Microsoft Fonts In Linux Mint

Uncompress the file:

Move the font files (*.ttf) to /usr/share/fonts folder.

Rebuild your font cache.

Confirm that the files exists in font cache now.

So now that we have fonts and all, lets type to see how it really looks like:

Linux Mint Ms Fonts

It reads

Conclusion:

Install Microsoft Fonts On Linux Mint

The best take from this post would be installing new fonts. I think this solves font config for any Linux distributions. Enjoy and try out some interesting fonts. Thanks for reading. Please share.