Public bug reported: I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a partition of my sisters computer, and now that her windows died she has been using Ubuntu full time for about a week.
She asked me how could she install some fonts, and i told her "I don't know, figure it out... maybe search for an option in the settings menu, or right-click the font icon and choose install" **note: right clicking the icon actually works in kubuntu Guess what? It didn't work... https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/98 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts#head-51423ff7185d56b59d892cfc5af4fd0cffb7073d According to the links above, the most easy and obvious way to install a font is: 1. Open home directory 2. Go to View --> Show hidden directories 3. Create a new folder called ".fonts" 4. Drag and drop font file into directory 5. Restart applications where you need said font After reading that I wondered why I didn't think of that before... it was so obvious. I think installing fonts should be done by: a) Right click font file --> "Install font" b) Double click font file (view in font viewer) --> Add a "Install Font" button to font viewer c) System --> Preferences --> Fonts d) All of the above ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- installing fonts in ubuntu sucks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254056 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
