Fonts for linux ubuntu

Introduction

A font is a character style one may choose from in programs that support using them. Many fonts are available for Ubuntu users to choose from.

Font packages available in the Ubuntu repositories

• fonts-crosextra-caladea — Sans-serif font metric-compatible with Cambria font
• fonts-crosextra-carlito — Sans-serif font metric-compatible with Calibri font
• lmodern — scalable PostScript and OpenType fonts based on Computer Modern
• ttf-goudybookletter — Old style roman font
• ttf-levien-museum — metal Centaur fonts revival family
• ttf-mplus — M+ sans serif fonts with different weights
• ttf-mscorefonts-installer — Microsoft TrueType core fonts
• ttf-ubuntu-font-family — Ubuntu Font Family, sans-serif typeface hinted for clarity
• ttf-khmeros — KhmerOS Unicode fonts for the Khmer language of Cambodia
• ttf-lao — TrueType font for Lao language
• fonts-liberation — Fonts with the same metrics as Times, Arial and Courier
• ttf-sil-padauk — smart Unicode font for languages in Myanmar
• fonts-thai-tlwg — Thai fonts for Garuda, Kinnari, Loma, TlwgMono, Norasi, Purisa, Sawasdee, TlwgTypewriter, TlwgTypist, TlwgTypo, Umpush, and Waree.
• ttf-tmuni — font for Tibetan, Dzongkha and Ladakhi (OpenType Unicode)
• gsfonts — Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)
• ttf-dejavu and ttf-dejavu-extra — Vera font family derivate with additional characters
• otf-freefont — otf-freefont: Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono OpenType fonts
• ttf-freefont — ttf-freefont: Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype fonts
• ttf-indic-fonts — Metapackage for free Indian language fonts: Bengali, Devanagari script, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu
• ttf-bitstream-vera — The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType fonts
• ttf-adf-accanthis, ttf-adf-baskervald, ttf-adf-berenis, ttf-adf-gillius, ttf-adf-ikarius, ttf-adf-irianis, ttf-adf-libris, ttf-adf-mekanus, ttf-adf-oldania, ttf-adf-romande, ttf-adf-switzera, ttf-adf-tribun, ttf-adf-universalis, and ttf-adf-verana — Fonts of the Arkandis Digital Foundry: Accanthis, Baskervald, Berenis, Gillius, Ikarius, Irianis, Libris, Mekanus, Oldania, Romande, Switzera, Tribun, Universalis, and Verana
• ttf-ancient-fonts — Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts
• ttf-anonymous-pro — fixed width sans serif font designed for coders
• ttf-droid — handheld device font with extensive style and language support
• ttf-aenigma — 465 free TrueType fonts by Brian Kent
• ttf-sil-gentium-basic — smart Unicode font families (Basic and Book Basic) based on Gentium
• t1-xfree86-nonfree, ttf-xfree86-nonfree, and ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac — non-free fonts from XFree86: Postscript Type 1, TrueType, and syriac OpenType.
• ttf-bpg-georgian-fonts — BPG Georgian fonts
• ttf-marvosym — Symbol font for school and office
• ttf-farsiweb — free TrueType fonts for Persian language
• ttf-sinhala-lkmug — Unicode Sinhala font by Lanka Linux User Group
• ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting — font that imitates Daniel Kahn Gillmor’s handwriting
• ttf-inconsolata — monospace font for pretty code listings and for the terminal
• ttf-gfs-didot-classic — greek font family (Classic Didot revival)
• ttf-gfs-bodoni-classic — smart greek typeface revival
• ttf-gfs-neohellenic — new Greek font family with matching Latin
• culmus — TrueType and Type1 Hebrew Fonts for X11
• ttf-century-catalogue — century-style font revival
• ttf-konatu — TrueType Font originally for BeOS
• texlive-fonts-recommended — TeX Live: Recommended fonts.

Arabic Fonts

• ttf-kacst — KACST free TrueType Arabic fonts
• ttf-sil-scheherazade — smart Unicode font for Arabic
• ttf-arabeyes — Arabeyes GPL TrueType Arabic fonts

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Fonts

• ttf-wqy-microhei — A droid derived Sans-Seri style CJK font
• ttf-wqy-zenhei — «WenQuanYi Zen Hei» A Hei-Ti Style (sans-serif) Chinese font
• ttf-dejima-mincho — antique-looking Japanese TrueType Mincho font
• ttf-umefon — Japanese TrueType font, Ume-font
• ttf-takao, ttf-takao-gothic, ttf-takao-mincho, and ttf-takao-pgothic — Japanese TrueType font set: Takao Fonts, Takao Gothic Fonts, Takao Mincho Fonts, and Takao P Gothic Fonts.
• ttf-kochi-gothic and ttf-kochi-mincho — Kochi Subst Gothic and Mincho Japanese TrueType font without naga10
• ttf-sazanami-gothic and ttf-sazanami-mincho — Sazanami Gothic and Mincho Japanese TrueType font (legacy)
• ttf-nanum-coding — Nanum Coding fixed width Korean TrueType font
• fonts-nanum and fonts-nanum-extra — Nanum and additional Nanum Korean fonts
• ttf-baekmuk — Baekmuk series Korean fonts

Manually installing a font in Ubuntu

If you have a font file (.ttf) that is not available from the Ubuntu repositories, and you would like to use it in Ubuntu, one will want to manually install the font. For example, if one had SLIDA.ttf as the font file, one would perform the following via a terminal:

sudo mv SLIDA.ttf /usr/share/fonts sudo fc-cache -f -v

Known Issues

• [needs-packaging] ttf-kouzan-mouhitu — https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/567553
• [needs-packaging] ttf-indonesian — https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/688780
• [needs-packaging] Google Fonts — https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/648873

External Links

http://pkg-fonts.alioth.debian.org/ Debian Fonts Task Force with a list of all fonts available for Debian. https://wiki.debian.org/SubstitutingCalibriAndCambriaFonts Debian article on dealing with Calibri and Cambria fonts

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Best 20 Fonts for Ubuntu

In recent years, many business firms including non software development companies are leaning towards Ubuntu which is a highly customizable open-source and one of the most secure operating systems. Companies carry out many tasks in a day and for that they need the best operating system and Ubuntu has all those features. Shifting from Windows to Ubuntu is not easy hence many people find it difficult to get used to Ubuntu in early days.

New Ubuntu users are generally not familiar with Ubuntu default font family, so today we are going to have a look at best 20 fonts for Ubuntu which can be useful for any Ubuntu user.

Before we get started with the list of fonts I would like to recommend you to install Font Manager which will help you install and delete fonts easily. To install Font Manager on Ubuntu run command given below in Terminal.

The Font Manager will ease the process of font installation on Ubuntu. Also using this application you can manage all fonts on Ubuntu.

To install following fonts on Ubuntu just download the files from the link provided and extract them using Font Manager. That’s it you are done with font manager. See video below to see how to update fonts in Ubuntu.

1. Source Code Pro

Source Code Pro is an open-source font which was developed for Adobe Systems by Paul D. Hunt. This font can be useful in Terminal Emulator because it features commonly used programming symbols which are easily readable.

2. Hack

Hack is a free web font which can be used on Ubuntu for various purposes. It is a derivative of Bitstream and DejaVu sets that includes new shapes and adjustments to typeface.

3. DejaVu Sans Mono

DejaVu Sans Mono is a slight design update to Bitstream Vera Forms and with more style options. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters while maintaining a original look.

4. Fira Code

Fira Code is Monospaced font with programming ligatures and it is very good font for programming and code reading.

5. Roboto Mono

Roboto Mono is a monospaced font which is optimized for readability on screen across a wide variety of devices and reading environments. This font family is specially designed for reading and the writing application source code.

6.Code New Roman

Code New Roman is another font on our list which can be used in programming languages and it is licensed under the SIL Open Font License which makes it completely free to use personally and professionally. This font looks neat and clean and is comfortable to use for long time on screen.

7. Bitstream Vera Sans Mono

Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is a font family designed by Jim Lyles it is a True Type font with full hinting instructions, which improve its rendering quality on low resolution devices such as computer monitors.

8. Open Sans

Open Sans is a sans serif font family designed by Steve Matteson and belongs to the humanist genre of sans serif typefaces, with a true italic. This font is used in some of Google’s web pages as well its print and web advertisement.

9. Inconsolata-g

Inconsolata-g is an open-source typeface released under the Open Font License of SIL and it is designed by Raph Levien’s. This font is nearly similar to Sans Mono fonts.

10. Acme

Acme is a condensed display typeface designed to be used in headlines, and has a particular and groovy rhythm. This font is carefully designed to work well on all devices.

11. Noto Mono

Noto Mono fonts belongs to the font family comprising over a hundred individual fonts, which are together designed to cover all the scripts encoded in the Unicode standard. It is developed by Google and licensed under SIL Open Font License.

12. Prociono

Prociono is an opentype font designed by Barry Schwartz. The font is designed in such a way that you can use it in headlines for product documentation or for some other work.

13. Fantasque Sans Mono

Fantasque Sans Mono font family is specially designed for programming environment which can be used in Terminal Emulator for developing software.

14. Gugi

Gugi is a Korean and Latin font designed by David Shapira. This font is easily readable on various devices and reading environments. It has neat and clean design so that it can be used for any type of work.

15. Source Sans Pro

Source Sans Pro is first open-source typeface from Adobe family which is created by Paul D. Hunt. It is sans serif typeface and licensed under SIL Open Font license.

16. Do Hyeon

Do Hyeon is open-source Korean and Latin font that brought us nicely crafted fonts like BM Jua and BM Hanna. This font can be used for various purposes personally and professionally.

17. Gaegu

Gaegu is another Korean and Latin font on our list which is highly readable on diffent devices and reading environments. This font is design in such a way that it can be used for any purpose especially for headlines.

18. PT Sans Narrow

PT Sans Narrow was developed for the project “Public Types of Russian Federation” and it is distributed under Libre license. The font family consists of 8 styles: 4 basic styles, 2 captions styles for small sizes and 2 narrows styles for economic type setting.

19. IBM Plex Mono

IBM Plex Mono is an open-source project developed by IBM brand and experience team and created by Mike Abbink. The font family also includes Sans, Sans condensed, Mono and Serif which can be used for various purpose.

20. Jua

Jua is a Korean and Latin font which is stylish font and can be used for headlines and many other purposes. This is retro typeface inspired by brush script.

So, these are the best 20 fonts for Ubuntu as of April 2018. If you have used any of these or any other fonts then share your views for the same @UbuntuHint.

About the author

Swapnil Tirthakar

A Software Engineer who loves football and passionate about traveling. I often spend my free time playing with gadgets and exploring new possibilities in tech world. I am Linux enthusiast and have about 6 years of experience in web development. I have good command on Python, Java, SQL and system security.

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