Question says it all. I need them to be available in gimp.
Ubuntu – How to install fonts
fonts
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There is no xorg-x11-fonts package in Ubuntu. There is a package by that name in Fedora, but rather than packaging up a bunch of fonts into a single package they are split up on Ubuntu in packages such as xfonts-base, xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-cyrillic, etc.
Some of these font packages are probably already installed on your system, but for the most part scalable outline fonts are preferred to these legacy bitmap fonts.
If there is a particular bitmap font you need to install, you can probably find it by searching for packages containing xfonts in their name.
All you need to do is: add the fonts that you want to Ubuntu, and then you can use them in Gimp.
Download the font(s) that you like, and once downloaded, you can double click on the font file, and that will open Font Viewer, just click on install, and you're done. Take a look at Dafont for a great selection of fonts.
To download, just click on the download button.
Once you click download you will see the image below, just click OK.
Double click the font, and that will open the Font viewer, as shown above, just click on Install.
Best Answer
Many fonts are packaged for Ubuntu and available via the "Fonts" category of the Ubuntu Software Center. If you prefer
apt-get, search for packages starting with otf- or ttf-.Font files that are placed in the hidden
.fontsdirectory of your home folder will automatically be available (but/etc/fonts/fonts.confindicates it will be removed soon.). You can also place them in the~/.local/share/fontsdirectory on newer versions of Ubuntu per the comments below.You can also double-click on the font file (or select Open with Font Viewer in the right-click menu). Then click the Install Font button.
If you need the fonts to be available system-wide, you'll need to copy them to
/usr/local/share/fontsand reboot (or manually rebuild the font cache withfc-cache -f -v).You can confirm they are installed correctly by running
fc-list | grep "<name-of-font>"You may need to restart some programs, like OpenOffice Writer, before they actually show the new fonts (usually such programs are caching the font list when they start up).
Edit: Changed advice to manually install into
/usr/local/share/fontsinstead of/usr/share/fontsto reflect comments and best practice.