Repeat steps above to remove another fonts. Carefully use sudo and rm commands to delete that fonts.ħ. Find the fonts you want to remove with basic command lines.Ħ. Right-click empty area > Open in Terminal.ĥ. To remove fonts installed on System directory:ģ. otf extensions.įor example, if you installed Amiri Quran then want to delete it, then select AmiriQuran.ttf file and Delete.ĥ. To remove fonts installed on User directory:ģ. On Ubuntu, fonts installation is divided into two places:
Repeat all steps above to install another fonts. This means a font installed on Windows cannot be used on Ubuntu except you install that font on Ubuntu as well, and vice versa.Ħ.
For that reason, in order to use a certain font, you should install it on your operating system first otherwise you cannot use it. That's why Times New Roman is on Windows, Liberation Serif is on Ubuntu, while Apple Garamond is on MacOS. Every operating system has its own set of fonts. In general, fonts are part of operating systems. Get the font file, you can either download or copy it from your neighbors. To open a font to display its characters set,ġ. For example, Times New Roman would be stored on computer as timesnewroman.ttf and Liberation Serif would look like liberationserif.tty. On Ubuntu, you can do that by running LibreOffice Writer then check out the Fonts selection.įonts come in the form of a file with an extension either it's OTF or TTF. The most popular way is to check them out with word processor program. There are various ways to tell what fonts installed on our computer system.
Ubuntu bundled its own fonts, which are high quality and complete, and they are all Free Libre Open Source Software licensed (FLOSS). In other words, every single font is divided into several files with each one serving a specific writing purpose. Because of that, you will find combinations in every single font.
This also includes how to install non-Latin fonts like Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese ones. This includes basic understanding with examples of Times New Roman, Liberation Serif, and Apple Garamond. This tutorial will explain how you can recognize, show, find, add and remove, and use fonts on Ubuntu computer.