How to install fonts in Ubuntu 8.04?

You can download and install thousands of free windows .ttf true type fonts from the web and install and use them in Ubuntu (or any other distribution) Linux.

Just download the fonts you want from free online web sites and archives, if necessary - unzip them to the desktop or another directory of your choice.

Then using terminal create a directory for your new fonts where the fonts are stored on your system.

The /usr/share/fonts is the location in Ubuntu Linux:

So, please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/myfonts

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then still using Terminal to install them:

sudo cp /home/user/Desktop/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/myfonts/

and refresh your font cache like this:

sudo fc-cache -f

* If you exchange docs with Windows users using OpenOffice please also install some basic Win truetype fonts provided by the msttcorefonts deb package.

First using Synaptic please first enable the universe repository:

Launch Synaptic from menu: System->Administration->Synaptic package manager
From Synaptic menu: Settings->Repositories-> Tab Ubuntu software
enable "Community Maintained open source software (universe)"
Close Synaptic

Then using Terminal simply install package, please type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts