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Here is a heads up on a font installation issue that I have not found a solution for and would be grateful for some help:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 66&t=14781

Hi raspb,

reading the other topic I think you just want to move a .ttf file from your desktop to the folder /usr/local/share/fonts and you can't because you do not have the permission. Is this right so far?

If yes, you should open a terminal and make use of the "sudo" and "cp" command to copy the font to the folder with root privileges. The following is a syntax example, since I do not know your system. But you might be able adjust it to your needs: Regards

M.M wrote:Hi raspb,

reading the other topic I think you just want to move a .ttf file from your desktop to the folder /usr/local/share/fonts and you can't because you do not have the permission. Is this right so far?

If yes, you should open a terminal and make use of the "sudo" and "cp" command to copy the font to the folder with root privileges. The following is a syntax example, since I do not know your system. But you might be able adjust it to your needs:

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sudo cp /home/pi/Desktop/<fontname>.tty /usr/local/share/fonts/<fontname>.tty

Regards

Thanks very much for your help. .tty did not work so I put .ttf and that worked . I tried 2 fonts. Both were visible in the fonts folder. Only 1 was visible on programs / apps with font choice option, could be due to font development not being the same?

Hi raspb,

oops, my bad! Of course "ttf" (True Type Font) and not "tty" was meant. Must have been either sleep deprived or preoccupied with some terminal problem

Concerning your problem: Maybe you need to reload the font cache to let the Raspi "know" there's a new font around. Could you try the command By the way: There are packages for several fonts in the repo, so if you need more, you could take a look here: http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/f/ and here: http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/non-free/f/ to see if a font you want is already available as package (the packages al start with "font-"). Then you can just install it with "apt-get install" and don't need to download the stuff and move it to the correct folder.

Regards