HOWTO Install Fonts on Ubuntu

1. Installing fonts for single login use

a. using kfontview

• The easiest way to install fonts is using kfontview. Try running "kfontview" from the command line.
• If you do not have kfontview installed, as root run:
• # apt-get install kcontrol
• This will download a few dependencies, so if you are short on disk space or simply do not want to install KDE, use the instructions in step b
• Run "kfontview" from the command line
• From the kfontview window, open the font you have downloaded.
• Click on the "Install" button
• NOTICE: You will probably need to resize the window to see the "Install" button which is in the lower right hand corner.
• Click on the "Personal" button

b. by hand

• If ~/.fonts does not exist, create it:
• $ mkdir ~/.fonts
• Copy the font, from the command line, run the following:
• $ cp [fontfile] ~/.fonts
• From the command line, run the following:
• $ fc-cache -f -v ~/.fonts
• or alternatively, log out, and log back in.

2. Installing for system wide use

• Make the following directory as root:
• # mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts
• Copy the font(s) into the newly created directory:
• # cp [fonts] /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts
• Run the following:
• # fc-cache -f -v

3. Installing Windows Fonts (eg. Times New Roman)

• Make sure you have the "universe" repository added. If not, as root, modify your /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the deb line which will look something like this:
• # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe
• Then update apt-get:
• # apt-get update
• Run the following as root:
• # apt-get install msttcorefonts