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How to Add Fonts Abiword

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• Started 13 years ago by Anonymous
• Latest reply from Trixar_za
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   Anonymous
   

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   i understand fonts go in /user/share/fonts. when i drag a .ttf file in the box i get ''permission denied''
   whats going on?
   P.S i am new to Slitaz and do not understand the Codes. if someone has complex instructions i will NOT understand.

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Raphael
   

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   hi

   U understand well... but U have forget a little think ;)

   U have permission denied, because..u are no root..it is just that...with ur session 404229..( session user)
   U can not do all in ur system.... administration is impossible... it is for that..u need to be root

   :)
   it is the based of ALL system gnu.linux ( and other)

   and now the question is:
   How to be root.....
   ?

   RTFM!!! :)
   ( i say that like a frend, be sure, to joke)
   just for learn a lot of interesting technic in this world extraordinary :)

   see U

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   

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   i know to be root i type su
   and password. just dont understand how to direct to /user/share/fonts with the ttf file, and be root.
   got to understand. linux makes no sence to me. i love it. its fast. however its complex, and i dont understand the simplest things.

   p.s what manual?
   the ''documentation file''?
   that thing is filled with codes.

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   There is an easier way to do this. Just create a directory called .fonts (all lower case and with the full stop in front) in your home directory. It will automatically go hidden, so set pcmanfm to show hidden files and folders. Then just copy your .ttf files to that folder. It should now show up in Abiword automatically if you start it after you copied the files.

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Filou
   

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   Adding to this:

   if you have multiple users using the system, all of them using the fonts you might prefer to copy them to /usr/share/fonts (and hence, have to do this as root since it's a global change of the system).

   If just one user needs the font or you use your system as single user, then you may as well copy them to /home/[username]/.fonts as Trixar_za explained, providing the copied fonts to that single user only.

   For a better understanding: as a general rule of thumb, each user is just granted write access to his own home directory. For a change in other directories, administrator (e.g. root) access is necessary for the changes to be possible.

   If you dont want to use the command line (e.g. typing su and passwd and then using the cp-command (copy) you might as well start pcmanfm in su-mode using "tools" menu or by typing "pcmanfm &" in the command line...

   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   Or just try typing subox pcmanfm & in terminal. It will then popup a box asking for your root password and start pcmanfm as root for you. No need to mess with su in terminal at all.

   Posted 13 years ago #

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