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henry
Asked: 2013-01-26 02:20:07 +0800 CST

How can I install my own fonts from several subfolders?

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(System: Xubuntu 12.10 with XFCE)

Hello,

I have a folder named Fonts on my windows partition which is mounted automatically on boot (why, I don't know, but I like it!). The fonts are sorted in subfolders based on their style (sans, serif, monospace or handwritten). These subfolder contains several .zip-files and their unzipped folders. So in total, these subfolders contain lots of .ttf and .otf files.

Can I somehow copy all those .ttf and .otf files to their respective folders truetype, type1 etc. in /usr/share/fonts with a somewhat simple action? Going through all the font-folders would be mind-numbing. :/

edit I can answer my own question:

sudo find . -name "*.ttf" -exec cp "{}" /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ ";"

and

sudo find . -name "*.otf" -exec cp "{}" /usr/share/fonts/type1/ ";"

is what helped me.

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  1. Best Answer

    From OP:

    I can answer my own question:

    sudo find . -name "*.ttf" -exec cp "{}" /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ ";"

    and

    sudo find . -name "*.otf" -exec cp "{}" /usr/share/fonts/type1/ ";"

    is what helped me.

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