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Idea #10172: Some kind of Font Manager/Installer should be default app for font files

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #303: Font Repository with a User-Friendly GUI.
Written by deadowl the 22 Jun 08 at 15:02. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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How in the world can anyone be expected to know where to install fonts or how to do so root-level?
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Written by deadowl the 22 Jun 08 at 15:02.
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fluteflute (Idea reviewer) wrote on the 22 Jun 08 at 18:12
Duplicate of #303

See http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/14

days_of_ruin wrote on the 22 Jun 08 at 21:50
You should be able to drag the font tarball into the preferences program just like themes.

Eldmannen wrote on the 22 Jun 08 at 21:55
Yeah, it would be nice to be able to drag-and-drop the font file into the program to install it into the system.

Eldmannen wrote on the 22 Jun 08 at 21:56
It does come with a basic font software for .ttf files to preview them.

Tree MendUs wrote on the 26 Jun 08 at 21:42
And let programs know where to find them.

There are some programs around that manage their own fonts.
It would be handy if there was some way, they could be helped to discover other fonts on the system.
One way to do this might be to use links - the links might be to the folder, and permit showing files of certain types only. Another way might be to generate a link for each font that "can" be used by the (legacy type) program.

+1 yes font management needs and improvement.

jpka wrote on the 27 Jun 08 at 12:36
+1
Also please make ability to "on/off" (activate-deactivate) fonts or even font sets, without (re)moving font files.

zephyrcat wrote on the 30 Jun 08 at 00:28
Not a duplicate, but you might also want to look at this:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/10319/

deadowl wrote on the 15 Jul 08 at 13:27
I don't know how this ended up a duplicate of 303. A font repository with a GUI is completely different from downloading misc. fonts and installing them.

Though I really hope that any font repository GUI will help people understand character encoding better.


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