If you have fonts and you want to install those fonts on your Linux machine (Ubuntu 17.04 and below), then the following steps below will help you accomplish that. These font could be either Microsoft fonts or Google web fonts or any order font that is of interest to you.
How to Install Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu. To use Microsoft fonts for Ubuntu software such as LibreOfice, Gimp, or even browse the internet with Microsoft font view, then this section is for you. You may have noticed that some fonts gives problem when importing a file from Microsoft Office (eg.
Before we begin, we need to validate which font types are supported by Linux. Font rendering in most applications is done by FreeType 2.
This means that the following font types should work on any of the Linux distros:
- TrueType
- OpenType (with TrueType or PostScript CFF glyphs)
- PostScript Type 1, Type2 (aka CFF) & Type 9 (CID-keyed Type 1)
- a whole bunch of legacy bitmap font formats
The two most widely installed font types are both OTF (OpenType Format) and TTF (TrueType Format). OTF is a more recent format than TTF, and its more better since it has supports for more advanced typesetting features (smallcaps, alternates, ligatures and so on actually inside the font rather than in fiddly separate expert set fonts).
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How To Install Microsoft font or a Google Web font on Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04
Note: I will be installing Oswald Google Web font for this tutorial. What you need is to ensure you have downloaded the font’s .ttf file.
- Download and unzip the font content
- Install the Font for all users
- Run command to update font cache
- To use the new font, you need to install Unity Tweak Tool or simply run the following commands below to install it from repository
- When Unity Tweak Tool opens > Click on Fonts
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- Click the font option you want to change and search for the newly installed font
- After choosing the desired font, the menu fonts should auto change to Oswald
Arial, Times New Roman, Impact, and Verdana are some of the most used sources. They are so widely used in the fact that whenever you open a Word document from any computer, you expect to immediately find its presence. However, in its newly installed Ubuntu (and many other Linux distributions), it is found that there is absolutely no trace of any of these sources.
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