Microsoft Fonts in Pupi Linux

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navegante
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Microsoft Fonts in Pupi Linux

#1 Post by navegante »

Copy from an installed Windows o.s. the folder C:/Windows/fonts inside (Do not replace!!!) the /usr/share/fonts folder of a Pupi Linux o.s.
Done.
Optional: Rename the resulting /usr/share/fonts/fonts folder to msfonts, winfonts or something you like best.
Might work with other Linux distros
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nic007
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#2 Post by nic007 »

Should work on all puppys, I have been using Windows fonts for years.
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#3 Post by Geoffrey »

You can make a folder "~/.fonts" and place extra fonts there.
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#4 Post by tallboy »

I have used the Windows font package for nearly two decades, both in Mac and Puppy. Just remember to run the commands that make the fonts available to all programs, there should be a README in /usr/share/fonts/default/. I just dump the fonts into existing directories.
In the fonts dir, run:
# mkfontscale
#mkfontdir
and the command fc-cache to build font information caches (look at fc-cache --help).
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#5 Post by navegante »

Thank you all for expanding the information.
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