msTrueTypeFonts
I was not a little annoyed to find that an update to Lucid Lynx v10.04 had
obliterated my msTrueType fonts, not something I would have expected from a
routine update to the LTS version....Grrrr...
None of the usual methods of retrieving these fonts worked, it was only by
chance (or desperation) that I visited my
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts folder and clicked on the single file
there out of curiosity to find it open in Kate to reveal
License refused.
Please reinstall the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package, e.g. via
apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer
to get prompted for the license again.
so I did that and now have them back again.
A note of caution - the licence comes up in what I call an old DOS Shell screen
on which the mouse does not work, so go for your TAB key to highlight the OK
(Ah! memories are made of this).
I have now copied this folder into a safe backup, but I read somewhere once,
that there are two aspects to font install in Kubuntu/Ubuntu - the 'raw' font
file proper and a configuration file. If this still applies I doubt that simply
copying my backup onto the machine would restore the fonts. What other
file/folder do I need to back up to avoid all the hassle in the future?
Thanks very much
Roy
I was not a little annoyed to find that an update to Lucid Lynx v10.04 had
obliterated my msTrueType fonts, not something I would have expected from a
routine update to the LTS version....Grrrr...
None of the usual methods of retrieving these fonts worked, it was only by
chance (or desperation) that I visited my
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts folder and clicked on the single file
there out of curiosity to find it open in Kate to reveal
License refused.
Please reinstall the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package, e.g. via
apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer
to get prompted for the license again.
so I did that and now have them back again.
A note of caution - the licence comes up in what I call an old DOS Shell screen
on which the mouse does not work, so go for your TAB key to highlight the OK
(Ah! memories are made of this).
I have now copied this folder into a safe backup, but I read somewhere once,
that there are two aspects to font install in Kubuntu/Ubuntu - the 'raw' font
file proper and a configuration file. If this still applies I doubt that simply
copying my backup onto the machine would restore the fonts. What other
file/folder do I need to back up to avoid all the hassle in the future?
Thanks very much
Roy
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