Ubuntu – Installing Microsoft ttf fonts on Ubuntu

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I want to install a Microsoft Vista TTF font (lets say Consolas), on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).

How do I go about doing that?

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This article explains how to install the Microsoft fonts on Ubuntu step by step. It's part of the Universe repository.

This article explain how to install the Vista fonts which includes Consolas on Ubuntu. You need to extract the fonts from the Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer.

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Linux – make dist-upgrade list the packages it will install

As far as I know, you should be able to use the standard options with apt-get dist-upgrade to simulate running this command without actually performing the upgrade.

   -s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
       No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not actually change the
       system. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Simulate.

       Simulate prints out a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
       Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with and empty set of
       square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence (rare).


   -u, --show-upgraded
       Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be upgraded. Configuration
       Item: APT::Get::Show-Upgraded.

Windows – How to Change a TTF Font Name

FontForge may be of use:

FontForge -- An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge has support for many macintosh font formats.

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Linux – make dist-upgrade list the packages it will install

Windows – How to Change a TTF Font Name

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