Ubuntu Quick Tip: Installing New True Type Fonts
Hey boys in girls out in Admin land! It is I, El Di Pablo coming straight at ya from Bauer-Power with some quick Ubuntu knowlege!
I am always playing around with different fonts and such in Windows as I strive to play around in various graphic programs for promotional material and other stuff. Every once in a while I have to add a new font that I downloaded from the Internet. Most of us know how to do that already in Windows (If not, email help_at_asktheadmin_dot_com), but what about Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is starting to gain share in the computer OS realm, and a lot of people want to know how to do average everyday things on it. One of those things people want to know (I know they want to know because they ask me…you know?) is how to add fonts to Ubuntu.
Well its simple, all you have to do is to download your favorite font. Then in your home directory, crate a folder called .fonts (The ‘.’ makes it a hidden file). Just drag your newly downloaded font into that folder and, you guessed it, you are done!
Just open up your favorite graphics program, or whatever else you use fonts in, and your new font will be ready to go!
Got any other Ubuntu tips you want to share with the group? Hit us up in the comments!
-El Di Pablo of www.Bauer-Power.net
