Improve font management in LinuxMint
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11 years ago 12 Implemented |
Although the process is quite simple (sudo-paste the font files on /usr/share/fonts folder), I think it is rather obscure and/or underdocumented, as opposed to Windows or even KDE which have some programs to install the fonts (KControl)
I think the best way to do so would be to create a context menu entry "install font", for the user to right-click the font file and install it directly.
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As remoulder points out you can already install a font(ttf/otf) file by double clicking on it (gnome 2.32 in my case) and therefore I mark this as implemented. It's not under the context menu as you wished for but it's working.
@blueXrider
It would help a lot with a link to the duplicate.
duplicate idea
In Mint all you have to do is double click the font and it will open in a viewer that has an install button and it will easily install your fonts.
maybe also this idea will be interesting:
Provide a way to manage fonts easily
From Gnome 2.30 release notes "New fonts can be installed by double-clicking the font in Nautilus" assuming you are using Isadora.
What you are suggesting needs to be done upstream, the mint team doesn't have the resources to do things like this.