Normally, I write a weekly contribution to an APA,a sort of newsletter, on my desktop, and do the page layout in Scribus, using some of the Nimbus fonts. Right now, my desktop is in the shop with a dead power supply, and I'm using my laptop. Alas, it doesn't have the Nimbus fonts. What is the simplest way to get them installed using dnf?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 02:38:32PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote:
Normally, I write a weekly contribution to an APA,a sort of newsletter, on my desktop, and do the page layout in Scribus, using some of the Nimbus fonts. Right now, my desktop is in the shop with a dead power supply, and I'm using my laptop. Alas, it doesn't have the Nimbus fonts. What is the simplest way to get them installed using dnf?
I find the easiest way to deal with fonts is as user data rather than system packages. Drop ttf or otf files into ~/local/share/fonts and there you go.
On 10/21/20 2:50 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
I find the easiest way to deal with fonts is as user data rather than system packages. Drop ttf or otf files into ~/local/share/fonts and there you go.
Thank you for answering a question I didn't ask. I don't have the files, I need to install them from rpms, and don't know how to get dnf to do that. If you know, tell me; if you don't, don't waste my time.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 03:02:49PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote:
Thank you for answering a question I didn't ask. I don't have the files, I need to install them from rpms, and don't know how to get dnf to do that. If you know, tell me; if you don't, don't waste my time.
I'm sharing knowledge that might be helpful to someone even if it isn't to you. This is a free mailing list for general user help, not a paid service for getting individual answers. I'm sorry that you feel like your time was wasted reading my one-sentence reply; I don't think there's any call to be so rude about it.
+1
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 17:20, Matthew Miller mattdm@fedoraproject.org wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 03:02:49PM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote:
Thank you for answering a question I didn't ask. I don't have the files, I need to install them from rpms, and don't know how to get dnf to do that. If you know, tell me; if you don't, don't waste my time.
I'm sharing knowledge that might be helpful to someone even if it isn't to you. This is a free mailing list for general user help, not a paid service for getting individual answers. I'm sorry that you feel like your time was wasted reading my one-sentence reply; I don't think there's any call to be so rude about it.
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On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:39 PM Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us wrote:
Normally, I write a weekly contribution to an APA,a sort of newsletter, on my desktop, and do the page layout in Scribus, using some of the Nimbus fonts. Right now, my desktop is in the shop with a dead power supply, and I'm using my laptop. Alas, it doesn't have the Nimbus fonts. What is the simplest way to get them installed using dnf?
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbusroman)'
If you want the sans fonts, then:
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbussans)'
On 10/21/20 3:03 PM, Jerry James wrote:
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbusroman)'
If you want the sans fonts, then:
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbussans)'
And if I want to install the whole family? I'm not sure which ones I'll need, and don't want to have to stop and install more in the middle of the job.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:06 PM Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us wrote:
And if I want to install the whole family? I'm not sure which ones I'll need, and don't want to have to stop and install more in the middle of the job.
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbusroman)' 'font(nimbussans)' 'font(nimbusmonops)'
As far as I can tell, that gets you all of them. If you prefer package names over font(), then:
sudo dnf install urw-base35-nimbus-roman-fonts urw-base35-nimbus-sans-fonts urw-base35-nimbus-mono-ps-fonts
On 10/21/20 4:10 PM, Jerry James wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:06 PM Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us wrote:
And if I want to install the whole family? I'm not sure which ones I'll need, and don't want to have to stop and install more in the middle of the job.
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbusroman)' 'font(nimbussans)' 'font(nimbusmonops)'
As far as I can tell, that gets you all of them. If you prefer package names over font(), then:
sudo dnf install urw-base35-nimbus-roman-fonts urw-base35-nimbus-sans-fonts urw-base35-nimbus-mono-ps-fonts
Thanx, although I prefer su to sudo. However, it claims that all of those packages are already installed, but still can't find the nimbus-roman fonts. Suggestions?
On 10/21/20 4:10 PM, Jerry James wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:06 PM Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us wrote:
And if I want to install the whole family? I'm not sure which ones I'll need, and don't want to have to stop and install more in the middle of the job.
sudo dnf install 'font(nimbusroman)' 'font(nimbussans)' 'font(nimbusmonops)'
As far as I can tell, that gets you all of them. If you prefer package names over font(), then:
sudo dnf install urw-base35-nimbus-roman-fonts urw-base35-nimbus-sans-fonts urw-base35-nimbus-mono-ps-fonts
This is weird: if I replace the font it can't find with itself, it accepts it and it works! The main issue is now closed, but if anybody wants to respond about installing fonts when you don't have the files, go ahead.