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Installing fonts is important for those who are multilingual or want to spice up their screen. Many websites uses different fonts and without having to install fonts on Linux, you wont see those, you will see a flat boring default font. I will also show how to reconfigure your fontconfig so that it looks better on your CRT or LCD screen.
This posts shows how you can install fonts and configure them on the following Linux Operating systems:
- Debian Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- Linux Mint
- Kali Linux
- Any Debian or Ubuntu Variant such as Elementary OS
The basic – Microsoft TrueType core Fonts
This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including:
Andale Mono Arial Black Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Comic Sans MS (Bold) Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Impact Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Webdings
You will need an Internet connection to download these fonts if you don’t already have them.
NOTE: the package ttf-liberation contains free variants of the Times, Arial and Courier fonts. It’s better to use those instead unless you specifically need one of the other fonts from this package.
Install instructions:
First of all let’s check if we even have those fonts in our repositories. I use Kali Linux which is a variant of Debian Linux. If you’re using Kali, you need to add the default official repositories.
Let’s do an apt-cache search:
root@kali:~# apt-cache search ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-mscorefonts-installer - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
That means we are good to go. If not, follow the link above to add official repositories for Kali Linux (or if you’re using Debian Linux or Ubuntu Linux (or even Linux Mint variants), go and add official repositories for that.)
Now install Microsoft TrueType core using a single command:
root@kali:~# root@kali:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
(output below)
Output - Click to expand
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 87 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/33.3 kB of archives. After this operation, 127 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. (Reading database ... 360406 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (from .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig ... Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1) ... These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross- platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are still available from third parties. You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use, but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes to the file name or packaging format. --2014-07-31 11:12:53-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:54-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:54-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./andale32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 25% 220K 1s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 51% 563K 0s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 77% 767K 0s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... ... 100% 778K=0.4s 2014-07-31 11:12:55 (443 KB/s) - `./andale32.exe' saved [198384/198384] --2014-07-31 11:12:55-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:55-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:56-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 168176 (164K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./arialb32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 30% 271K 0s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 60% 580K 0s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91% 814K 0s 150K .......... .... 100% 765K=0.4s 2014-07-31 11:12:56 (469 KB/s) - `./arialb32.exe' saved [168176/168176] --2014-07-31 11:12:56-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:57-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:57-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 554208 (541K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./arial32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 9% 271K 2s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 18% 497K 1s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 27% 777K 1s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 36% 786K 1s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 46% 799K 1s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 55% 784K 0s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 64% 770K 0s 350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 73% 801K 0s 400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 83% 783K 0s 450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 800K 0s 500K .......... .......... .......... .......... . 100% 798K=0.8s 2014-07-31 11:12:58 (640 KB/s) - `./arial32.exe' saved [554208/554208] --2014-07-31 11:12:58-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:59-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:12:59-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 246008 (240K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./comic32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 20% 269K 1s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 41% 499K 0s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 62% 822K 0s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 83% 770K 0s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... 100% 769K=0.5s 2014-07-31 11:13:00 (517 KB/s) - `./comic32.exe' saved [246008/246008] --2014-07-31 11:13:00-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:00-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:01-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 646368 (631K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./courie32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 7% 267K 2s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 15% 597K 1s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 23% 801K 1s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 31% 785K 1s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 39% 798K 1s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 47% 769K 1s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 55% 784K 0s 350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 63% 801K 0s 400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 71% 740K 0s 450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79% 767K 0s 500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 87% 756K 0s 550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 95% 784K 0s 600K .......... .......... .......... . 100% 791K=1.0s 2014-07-31 11:13:02 (662 KB/s) - `./courie32.exe' saved [646368/646368] --2014-07-31 11:13:02-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:02-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:03-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 392440 (383K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./georgi32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 13% 268K 1s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 26% 585K 1s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 39% 822K 1s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 52% 775K 0s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 65% 811K 0s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 78% 768K 0s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91% 787K 0s 350K .......... .......... .......... ... 100% 829K=0.6s 2014-07-31 11:13:04 (610 KB/s) - `./georgi32.exe' saved [392440/392440] --2014-07-31 11:13:04-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:04-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:05-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 173288 (169K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./impact32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 29% 261K 0s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 59% 593K 0s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 88% 802K 0s 150K .......... ......... 100% 789K=0.4s 2014-07-31 11:13:05 (467 KB/s) - `./impact32.exe' saved [173288/173288] --2014-07-31 11:13:05-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:06-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:06-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 661728 (646K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./times32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 7% 267K 2s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 15% 571K 1s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 23% 796K 1s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 30% 788K 1s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 38% 779K 1s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 46% 805K 1s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 54% 751K 1s 350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 61% 838K 0s 400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 69% 785K 0s 450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 77% 777K 0s 500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 85% 806K 0s 550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 784K 0s 600K .......... .......... .......... .......... ...... 100% 790K=1.0s 2014-07-31 11:13:07 (669 KB/s) - `./times32.exe' saved [661728/661728] --2014-07-31 11:13:07-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:08-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:08-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 357200 (349K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./trebuc32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 14% 271K 1s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 28% 119K 2s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 43% 496K 1s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 57% 359K 1s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 71% 3.04M 0s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 86% 747K 0s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... ........ 100% 791K=1.0s 2014-07-31 11:13:09 (353 KB/s) - `./trebuc32.exe' saved [357200/357200] --2014-07-31 11:13:09-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:10-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:10-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 351992 (344K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./verdan32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 14% 273K 1s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 29% 550K 1s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 43% 757K 0s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 58% 807K 0s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 72% 805K 0s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 87% 783K 0s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... ... 100% 797K=0.6s 2014-07-31 11:13:11 (589 KB/s) - `./verdan32.exe' saved [351992/351992] --2014-07-31 11:13:11-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:12-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe Reusing existing connection to downloads.sourceforge.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe [following] --2014-07-31 11:13:12-- http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe Resolving aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.158.214.107, 2001:388:30bc:cafe::c0de Connecting to aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net (aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.158.214.107|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 185072 (181K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `./webdin32.exe' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 27% 266K 0s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 55% 576K 0s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 82% 835K 0s 150K .......... .......... .......... 100% 794K=0.4s 2014-07-31 11:13:12 (484 KB/s) - `./webdin32.exe' saved [185072/185072] andale32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: andale32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting andale.inf extracting fontinst.exe extracting AndaleMo.TTF extracting ADVPACK.DLL extracting W95INF32.DLL extracting W95INF16.DLL All done, no errors. arialb32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: arialb32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting AriBlk.TTF All done, no errors. arial32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: arial32.exe extracting FONTINST.EXE extracting fontinst.inf extracting Ariali.TTF extracting Arialbd.TTF extracting Arialbi.TTF extracting Arial.TTF All done, no errors. comic32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: comic32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Comicbd.TTF extracting Comic.TTF extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. courie32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: courie32.exe extracting cour.ttf extracting courbd.ttf extracting courbi.ttf extracting fontinst.inf extracting couri.ttf extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. georgi32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: georgi32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Georgiaz.TTF extracting Georgiab.TTF extracting Georgiai.TTF extracting Georgia.TTF extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. impact32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: impact32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Impact.TTF extracting fontinst.inf All done, no errors. times32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: times32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Times.TTF extracting Timesbd.TTF extracting Timesbi.TTF extracting Timesi.TTF extracting FONTINST.EXE All done, no errors. trebuc32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: trebuc32.exe extracting FONTINST.EXE extracting trebuc.ttf extracting Trebucbd.ttf extracting trebucbi.ttf extracting trebucit.ttf extracting fontinst.inf All done, no errors. verdan32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: verdan32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Verdanab.TTF extracting Verdanai.TTF extracting Verdanaz.TTF extracting Verdana.TTF All done, no errors. webdin32.exe: OK Extracting cabinet: webdin32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Webdings.TTF extracting fontinst.inf extracting Licen.TXT All done, no errors. All fonts downloaded and installed. root@kali:~#
Note: If you’re behind a proxy server or TOR network, this install might not work, it seems you must be directly connected to Internet.
Similar font package you can also install
Here’s a list of other fonts that you can install, follow is a list of package names, that means you can use
apt-get install <package-name>
to install these
ttf-liberation
fonts-liberation
ttf-uralic
fonts-uralic
ttf-root-installer
ttf-freefont
ttf-dustin
ttf-linux-libertine
fonts-linuxlibertine
fonts-dustin
ttf-staypuft
For example:
apt-get install ttf-staypuft
More ways to install fonts
Sometimes you download .ttf file (a font file) and you want to install it directly. In that case, copy the font file to one of the following directory.
The fonts can be copied in one of this directories:
- /usr/share/fonts
- /usr/share/X11/fonts
- /usr/local/share/fonts
- ~/.fonts
Here’s how the directories work.
If you want the fonts for everyone on the system (i.e. in a multiuser environment) then put them on /usr/share/fonts.
If you only want the fonts for yourself, then put them on ~.fonts directory of your home folder.
Once you’ve copied the files in correct places, issue the following command to which will read and cache all installed fonts from these directories.
root@kali:~# fc-cache -fv
Output - Click to expand
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 75 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: caching, new cache contents: 59 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/util: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-janan2: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype/cantarell: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 8 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: caching, new cache contents: 18 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 16 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lyx: caching, new cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts: caching, new cache contents: 60 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 21 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation: caching, new cache contents: 16 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-staypuft: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: skipping, no such directory /usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /root/.fonts: caching, new cache contents: 61 fonts, 0 dirs /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory fc-cache: succeeded root@kali:~#
Sample output below:
root@kali:~# fc-list
Output - Click to expand
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/comicbd.ttf: Comic Sans MS:style=Bold,Negreta,tučné,fed,Fett,Έντονα,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Félkövér,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,Полужирный,Fet,Kalın,Krepko,Lodia/root/.fonts/Ubuntu_Bold_Italic.ttf: Ubuntu:style=Bold Italic,Negreta cursiva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itálico,Fet Kursiv,Lodi etzana /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/lmtti10.pfb: LMMono10:style=Italic /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid/DroidNaskh-Bold.ttf: Droid Sans:style=Bold /root/.fonts/Neuropolitical.ttf: Neuropolitical,Neuropolitical Rg:style=Regular /root/.fonts/AvantGarde_LT_Medium.ttf: AvantGarde LT Medium:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/lmtko10.pfb: LMMonoLt10:style=BoldOblique /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/s050000l.pfb: Standard Symbols L:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/comic.ttf: Comic Sans MS:style=Regular,Normal,obyčejné,Standard,Κανονικά,Normaali,Normál,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,Обычный,Normálne,Navadno,Arrunta /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/lmbo10.pfb: LMRomanDemi10:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold Oblique /root/.fonts/Zekton.ttf: Zekton:style=Regular /root/.fonts/Michroma.ttf: Michroma:style=Regular --output truncated--
Configuring Fonts on Linux
Now if you want to reconfigure or configure hows fonts are displayed on your system, you use the following command:
root@kali:~# dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
It will present you with a series of options where you select what you want.
The first option is if you want Native, Autohinter or None tuning for your fonts.
I’ve selected Native on the above screen and pressed Ok.
On the next screen, it will ask you whether you want to enable subpixel rendering for screen.
Obviously we want that, it makes fonts look a lot better on flat (LCD) screen, at the sametime if you’re using a CRT screen, it might break a few things. So automatic is the way to go. (in my personal case, I should’ve chosed Always and I am using a LCD screen, the choice is yours to make). Press Ok to move to the next screen.
The last screen was asking me whether I want to enable bitmapped fonts by default. I selected Yes … (duh! I wasn’t actually sure, but heck, I can come back anytime and run the dpkg reconfigure command to fix any problems. So why not? )
Choose your option and press Enter.
Do fonts on your screen looks better now?
Downloading and installing a font
During my search I came across this great website that contains free fonts.http://www.dafont.com/
So I decided I want to download a Gothic Font for fun.
root@kali:~# wget http://img.dafont.com/dl/?f=old_london -O old_london.zip
Please note that I used -O old_london.zip file as the output name. It’s because the website doesn’t provide a direct link to the file.
Uncompress the file:
root@kali:~# ls Desktop Downloads old_london.zip Work root@kali:~# unzip old_london.zip Archive: old_london.zip inflating: OldLondon.ttf inflating: OldLondonAlternate.ttf inflating: Olondon_.otf inflating: Olondona.otf root@kali:~#
Move the font files (*.ttf) to /usr/share/fonts folder.
root@kali:~# mv OldLondon.ttf OldLondonAlternate.ttf /usr/share/fonts/ root@kali:~#
Rebuild your font cache.
root@kali:~# fc-cache -f root@kali:~#
Confirm that the files exists in font cache now.
root@kali:~# fc-list | grep OldLondon /usr/share/fonts/OldLondon.ttf: Old London:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/OldLondonAlternate.ttf: Old London Alternate:style=Regular root@kali:~#
So now that we have fonts and all, lets type to see how it really looks like:
It reads
blackMORE Ops Welcome to the Temple of the King (A song title from Rainbow in case you're wondering)
Conclusion:
The best take from this post would be installing new fonts. I think this solves font config for any Linux distributions. Enjoy and try out some interesting fonts. Thanks for reading. Please share.
Cool! Thanks for the post!
This is great’ it’s not legal and if you have public facing business this is a great way to get sued.
You can’t move the MS fonts to a server without a license through their font company Monotype. Period.
Very cool I love you site as I am a Kali head you always have the cool tricks tips. TY Brother.
You should avoid unnecessary dependencies on propriertary stuff.
Instead, simply install the fonts-liberation package:
apt-get fonts-liberation
That provides fonts with exactly the same metrics. That is, these fonts are perfectly working drop-in replacements for the Microsoft fonts.
apt-get install fonts-liberation
Exactly what I was looking for. I couldn’t for the life of me figure it out myself. Sometimes I want to use Times New Roman.
That’s really great, I installed Helvetica and others without problems on Debian 8. Really good job, thanks a lot!
Exactly, what I was looking for. Did a great job thanks>>>>
I installed a nepali font “preeti” using the last step..