Server:extras:fonts
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Standard Microsoft Fonts
If you have a dual boot system, fonts can be copied over from your Windows font directory to your fonts directory (/usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts). Otherwise, install them:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
If you don't have these fonts, your web pages may not look exactly as they might appear from another computer, if fonts like Verdana are defined somewhere. Fonts like Verdana are often the default in CMS packages.
Easy on the Eye Terminus
Here is the font I prefer when using the command line terminal:
sudo apt-get install xfonts-terminus
Ever Popular Artwiz
Artwiz is a popular futuristic font package that no longer comes with Ubuntu. But you can download it from here: http://artwizaleczapka.sourceforge.net/
Extract it to your desktop. Do it with a right click > Extract Here, or use the command line, like this:
tar xvjf artwiz-aleczapka-en-1.3.tar.bz2
Move it to a fonts directory (the misc directory should already be referenced in xorg.conf):
sudo mv artwiz-aleczapka-en-1.3 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc
Update your font cache:
sudo fc-cache -f -v
Now reconfigure fontconfig:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
Now enable bitmapped fonts (using Native > Automatic > Yes):
sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
Restart to use the fonts everywhere.
Font Section in xorg.conf
The font section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/X11/utils"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
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