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[Discuss] Installing a Font in Fedora 28



Thanks, Mike!

I added a .ttf file that is what I need.  Success!

Nancy

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Mike Lalumiere <mike at faifw.org> wrote:

> Hi Nancy,
>
> It looks like there are several packages that include Greek fonts
> available to install via dnf.
> https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/s/greek%2520font
>
> Perhaps in a terminal run this to install some of those packages?
> sudo dnf install gdouros-aegean-fonts gfs-solomos-fonts gfs-jackson-fonts
>
> You can also use dnf to search the available packages:
> dnf search greek font
>
> -Mike
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 08:27:23PM -0400, Nancy Allison wrote:
> > Hello, all.
> >
> > I am new to Fedora (v. 28) and need to install a font. (I actually never
> > tried to add a font in Ubuntu, either, in the past.)
> >
> > I've looked at the Fedora Fonts directory, but I see a listing of icons
> > instead of font filenames. I don't know what kind of fonts Fedora uses.
> >
> > Once I know, would it be as simple as copying a new font into that
> > directory, in order to have the use of it? I need to use a Koine Greek
> > font. I searched for "Greek" and "Koine" in that font directory and found
> > nothing.
> >
> > Thanks for all suggestions.
> >
> > --Nancy
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