Questions tagged [font-manager]
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How do I install the "Impact" font?
I was wondering what's the best way to go about this. I don't have it available in Kdenlive or GIMP so I don't think it's installed.
The ttf-mscorefonts-installer package doesn't work for me, it constantly shows an error of "Failed to download…
Aaron Franke
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gnome-specimen replacement
It appears that the font preview tool gnome-specimen has been removed from 18.04. A quick search makes it look like it is outdated. Are there an replacement packages that I can use instead? Kfontview is present, but that would require me to pull the…
user877329
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How to install one Arabic font for serif and another Arabic font for sans-serif on Ubuntu 22.10?
I want Ubuntu 22.10 to display serif Arabic text in the Noto Naskh Arabic typeface while sans-serif Arabic text in the Noto Sans Arabic typeface.
How can I make Ubuntu install a default Arabic font for serif and another for sans-serif?
I want…
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How do I install latest font-manager?
I wanted to install font-manager on my Ubuntu 16.04. I used font-manager staging PPA to install the latest version. But it gives me an error after installation. The error mentioned "symbol lookup error".
Now I want to install it from source. How do…
Anwar
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Font displayed as squares in bluemail app in Ubuntu 20.04
I have installed Bluemail, and it works flawlessly in Ubuntu 20.04. However, whenever I try to print a mail, it shows the print dialogue box, and all the fonts are shown as squares.
Fonts displayed incorrectly in dialogue box
I have looked at the…
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Incrorrect font names within family
I'm running Kubuntu 18.04.4.
Yesterday I purchased the full Vinque (by Ray Larabie) font family, which consists of 7 weights each with matching italics (list is sorted by ascending weight):
Vinque Ultra Light vinque_ul.otf
Vinque Ultra Light Italic…
Marty Vance
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What is the idea/philosophy behind Ubuntu's default fonts?
I've been using (x)Ubuntu for years and have always found the selection of 100+ default fonts to be a bit overwhelming when trying to design a document in e.g. OpenOffice, Inkscape, etc. I've recently been trying to get better at understanding…
Nate Wessel
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Which are the fonts in Ubuntu that support the Devanagari/Hindi Script?
I want to change my matplotlib default font and I would prefer something that ships by default with Ubuntu without having to download any font.
I printed the list of fonts in the system for your…
djokester
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How can I install Windows font format (.FNT, .FON) in Linux
I am working on some research related to FreeType2 Driver modules. I started my study by reading the Windows font Driver module (Because of its simplicity compared to TrueType and Type1). This Driver module works when a file with format .FNT or .FON…
Ammar Ul Hassan
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Remove Font Scaling — Font Manager Settings Changed Font Appearance
I think I must have changed a wrong setting in Font Manager: all the system fonts suddenly changed appearance. Before, they were normal, and now they are pixelated and squarish.
Text is pixelated and squarish.
I think I must have changed a setting…
