Questions tagged [fonts]
Questions related to the management, installation and removal of fonts.
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LibreOffice Calc (7.2.5.2) replaces moved cells with non-template font family and size
I created a simple Calc template modifying all cells (Ctrl+A) to use FreeMono 12pt, and have Set as default template. (File > Templates > Save as Template... > apply name > check "Set ...
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How to install fonts in Libre Office on Chromebook?
I've ASUS C532 Chromebook. I've installed LibreOffice on that from the GNOME store. I've options to get Times new roman fonts on other applications like google docs but due to some conditions I've to ...
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How to install xfonts on Ubuntu?
I installed xfonts-100dpi on Ubuntu 20.04 using
apt install xfonts-100dpi
They show up in /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi. All the files are in a *.pcf.gz format.
When I run fc-list they are not listed. ...
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Unicode Gujarati language word not rendering correctly in browsers
Using Google Input tools (the web-version as well as in Gmail) and in a Unicode converter online tool I am trying to get a word જયેન્દ્ર but somehow, except at one place in Firefox browser (please see ...
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Different scaling with dual monitor setup: slow in x11, blurry in wayland
I am using Ubuntu 20.04. I just got a new 4k monitor which I am now using together with the previous 1080 one.
The 4k display is unreadable at 100% scaling, so at first, I turned on fractional scaling ...
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Not "install," Not "View" Print out Fonts?
Ubuntu: Print out fonts? Answer seems available nowhere... I'm certain I'm not the first to ask this question?
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Messages about invalid attributes in /etc/fonts/conf.d
I installed Ubuntu 21.10 and changed from gnome desktop to mate desktop. Now I get the following type of messages in /var/logs/syslog. How can I get rid of them?
Jan 10 15:34:40 media rtkit-daemon[...
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Ubuntu font catalog
I am looking for a comprehensive catalog of all the fonts available for installation via Ubuntu packages, if possible with rendering sample.
Does it exist somewhere ?
Th reason I am asking is that ...
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Installing custom fonts on Ubuntu Server
I would like to install a custom TTF or OTF font on Ubuntu Server, but I don't want to have to install a GUI or desktop environment. Is there a way to get this custom font (Fira Code Nerd Font) to be ...
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Dropbox settings have a font problem
I'm running Dropbox in Kubuntu 20.04 on a Dell laptop with a very high default resolution. When I click on the Dropbox icon on the taskbar, the menu comes up in an incredibly tiny font. How can I fix ...
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Why are the letters separated on the console?
I have Ubuntu Budgie 21.10 installed and Google's ProductSans font, everything looks fine except the console, what can I do to fix this and it can be seen fine on the console?
Console font not working:...
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Issue about Characthers
i use in LXC, Ubuntu 21.04 (GNU/Linux 5.11.22-5-pve x86_64) on Proxmox.
I have an issue, because i see weird, some filename.
For example:
You're next (2011).mp4
But i can see in the shell:
You'\''re ...
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How do I make gVim detect a certain font?
I recently installed a font named "Hermit", and it is detected by my computer as you can see here:-
However, when I open gVim and try to change my font it isn't an option in the font ...
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Can anybody help me do a deep dive into how Dolphin under KDE generates text file thumbnails?
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with KDE installed on top.
Problem: When using a dark theme, text file thumbnails in dolphin use a light color for the text, but do not change the background, leading to white-on-...
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Change gnome-tweaks scaling factor in the terminal?
I change the scaling factor often when I switch between laptop (1.4 to be able to see everything better) and laptop with second screen (back to 1.0)
The fastest way I've managed to do this now with as ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Gimp, not able to add fonts because error
I just installed gimp and was having fun with it. I wanted to add new fonts.
I opened GIMP and went to preferences and files then fonts and at last I clicked the fonts folder and tried to open file ...
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Devanagari fonts not rendering properly on 20.04 systemwide
Fonts are being rendered properly on browsers. The actual problem is Libreoffice Calc where devanagari fonts aren't being rendered properly:
Here you can see even if the cell properly converts the &...
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Create a font from existing SVG icons
I have a folder of SVG icons which I want to compile into a font. Each icon should be assigned to a unicode character of my choice (eg. U+F000). Traditional font editors like Birdfont are really not ...
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All system font turned into boxes or missing
I accidentally changed fonts.config, which shouldn't be changed. After the change all system font is turned into boxes or missing. But chrome works fine (websites). I tried sudo fc-cache -r -v and ...
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Blurry/Pixelated fonts after changing screen's scaling size to 125% on ubuntu wayland
I wanted to play wine games that only worked in Wayland so I started a new session and when I set the resolution to 125% I ended up with some completely disgusting text fonts that didn't look like ...
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How do I change the lock screen font in Ubuntu 20.04?
Just installed my first Linux distro, am really impressed with the interface and functionally of it all.
I'd like to know how to change the default font for the lock screen for the time. I want to use ...
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Font size during Kubuntu installarion
How can I set the font size during Kubuntu installation? The default size is much too small.
Note 1: I tried using "Try Kubuntu" rather than "Install Kubuntu". Indeed I did have ...
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Specifying the font that grub uses for its messages
When Grub boots up, its messages are appearing in a tiny font. How can I enlarge that font?
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Chromium print dialog shows boxes instead of fonts
When I attempt to save an email as a pdf in Chromium, using the print dialog, I get a screen full of boxes instead of font characters when the system "save as" dialog appears. The dialog ...
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Ubuntu Software font too bad in Ubuntu 21.10 [duplicate]
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 21.04. Then upgraded 21.04 to 21.10 Impish Indri. During the process there were a lot of errors. Anyway at last I landed on Ubuntu 21.10. When I ...
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Anybody knows how to "fix" this blurry font that's only on snap-store?
The issue I'm facing is pretty much described with the title and the screenshot below.
I'm using Ubuntu 21.10, Gnome 40, Wayland display manager on a machine powered by ryzen 5 4500u with radeon ...
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Proper font install? Conflict with new installed font in some cases. Can't use downloaded fonts
Recently I downloaded the .oft files from fontawesome, so I could print more interesting stuff inside the terminal. I started by putting them inside ~/local/share/fonts folder and restarting the cache....
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FIrefox on Ubuntu Server displaying incorrect fonts
I've riced my Ubuntu Server using dwm and st, using LibreWolf as my web browser. It's a very minimal build, I installed the Roboto Mono font and the Linux Libertine and Biolinum fonts, and Ubuntu ...
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Additional fonts required
When I start LibreOffice, Gnome shows a notification that says:
"Additional fonts required.
An application is requesting additional fonts."
I tried all methods to refresh the cache of the ...
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fontconfig that survives Firefox snap updates?
Is there some way to have a custom fontconfig for the Snap-distributed Firefox that survives Firefox updates?
Background
I have a custom fontconfig at ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf which worked fine ...
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How to make terminal's font smaller?
I suddenly noticed, fonts of my ubuntu terminal got bigger. I don't know how. How to set it to default ?
thank you in advance,
Ubuntu 20.04
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How to solve font size problems
I happen to be running Kubuntu 20.04, but my question is much more general: how does one go about solving font size problems? Obviously the first place to go is System Settings, but even there how ...
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What's the question boxes displayed in the terminal?
How do I remove the strange question marks with boxes?
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Installed fonts not showing up in ubuntu terminal
i have installed fonts that i can see using fc-list but it does not appear as an option to select this font in ubuntu terminal preferences.
/home/kay/.local/share/fonts/iosevka-custom/ttf/iosevka-...
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Font is too small in Ubuntu 20.04.03
I bought a new computer and installed Ubuntu 20.04.03, then I changed the theme to look like MAC.
For some reason the adress of the URL in chrome (and other browsers) is too small.
I tried changing ...
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Change Japanese(Anthy) Font in Gnome3
I'm trying to find a way to change the font used in Gnome3 when using the Japanese(Anthy) input method. I added Japanese(Anthy) as an Input Source under Settings -> Keyboard.
I ran ibus-setup and ...
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How can I change Ubuntu fonts to Windows fonts
I have switched to Ubuntu, OS is kinda good but the only bad thing there are fonts. I know how to change them but is there any way to have Windows fonts in Ubuntu? Because I'm programming in replit ...
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in 21.04 i cant seem to adjust the font on the title bar
In 21.04 I can not seem to adjust the font size of the title bar.
This effects other software such as google chrome, which is drawing it's font size choice for the URL bar, from the system title-bar ...
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How do I increase the font size of the Unity Game Engine's editor UI in Ubuntu 20.04?
Is there a way to make the Unity Game Engine's editor UI font size larger? The font size on the editor view is different than the size of the menu bar's and the rest of the applications I run on my ...
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How to increase the font of packet tracer
Kubuntu. I am with sweet theme, with kvantum engine activated too and the font is so tiny that I can't read. I tried to increasing font size inside the program but the icons will be terribly big Im ...
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Blurry font on Firefox, Opera
I need to fix blurry font only on Firefox.
I changed fonts settings using:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings hinting full
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins....
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Ubuntu Server 21.04, GNOME Desktop in VMware: Terminal Font Problem
I have installed Ubuntu Server 21.04 and GNOME desktop in a VMware Player virtual machine (VM) on a Windows 10 host. The desktop seems normal otherwise, but in Terminal I have a weird font:
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Emojis appear distorted on Ubuntu 20.04.3
I have a strange problem with emojis appearing distorted (stretched/enlarged on the X axis) in some applications. The problem does not happen in all applications, and in some applications, like web ...
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Siji font not showing up
I'm currently setting up a relatively fresh ubuntu+i3 system (started out with Lubuntu 18.04,but upgraded to 21.04 for polybar and replaced basically everything, including WM, File Explorer, Terminal ...
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Can we have multiple path/directories for fonts in linux?
Is there anyway to have multiple directories for loading fonts in Linux distros? Or loading the fonts from a directory inside .fonts such as .fonts/DIRECTORY?
I have two sets of fonts, and I don't ...
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Arabic font and wrap in wps office
I'm tring to use WPS OFFICE SUITE "KSOFFICE" on ubuntu
once started I found myself stacked with two problems related to Arabic language and not Engligh
word wrap is not functional and I need ...
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Very blurry font rendering in Ubuntu 21.04 [closed]
Here is a screenshot from my terminal:
Black on yellow is fine. Yellow on dark is a little bad and black on red is absolutely terrible. I am using a 4k screen, 60Hz, 100% scaling. Font is Ubuntu Mono....
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Cannot access windows fonts after installing them on Ubuntu WSL
I am trying to get Microsoft Windows' Copperplate Gothic font on my Ubuntu subsystem using WSL. I followed the instructions in this link and the installation seemed to go fine. However, when I run fc-...
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gnome-tweaks fontsize increase does not work with non-system apps
I need to increase the font-size of my OS and everything else in general (Ubuntu 20.04 gnome). When I do this using gnome-tweaks, it works for things like nautilus and some other gnome apps but not ...
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Chromium background suddenly black - fonts low contrast and unreadable
Turned off my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS box with Chromium Version 92.0.4515.107 and went on vacation. When I return, the Chromium background is very dark grey, and many fonts are difficult to read as they ...