Using Bitmap fonts in Ubuntu
Having discovered Dina in Windows, wanted to try installing in Ubuntu back home. Hellish nightmare. Font support in Ubuntu is pretty bad, Windows does it so much better. Just a quick note here to record things I’ve found out which works, before I forget again.
Most old (2005-07) results on Google will point to using “sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config” to get a prompt which allow you to enable Bitmap Fonts (*.pcf). However, like me, some Ubuntu users enter that line and nothing happens. You get sent back to the prompt.
I finally found a sweet and easy way to install fonts:
1) Create a directory called “.fonts” in your home directory
2) Drop .ttf and .pcf files alike into the directory
3) Run:
$ sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
$ sudo fc-cache -f -v
and Voila! It works! Restart the program to see the new fonts in them =)
The original post is here: http://www.alanbriolat.co.uk/2009/04/enable-bitmap-fonts-on-ubuntu-jaunty/
Sadly, Dina looks pretty -errmm- on Ubuntu.. the original built-in Monospace 9 still looks better to me. and of cuz, Fixedsys =)
