Installed fonts not showing up, Linux Mint 15 64bit

Question

I'm trying to install these bitmap fonts: http://font.gohu.org/

I downloaded the compressed PCF files and extracted them to /usr/share/fonts, Then ran sudo fc-cache -fv.

The fonts weren't showing up in any program's font options.

I tried the same but with true type fonts; same result.

I tried using ~/.fonts as my font directory; still no change

I tried using Mint's inbuilt font installer (by double clicking on the font file), and it says "Install Failed" when I click on the Install button. I've tried renaming the .pcf.gz files to .pcf but with the same results.

I tried doing all of the above and then rebooting my system and I still can't see the fonts in any programs.

Solution 1

the default config restricts the use of bitmap fonts, that's all.

$ sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
$ sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf

restart X (i.e. log out and log in again) and you should be good to go :)

(note, however, that not every program can use bitmaps fonts. LibreOffice, for example, can't use them.)

edit:

just for the record, and in case it wasn't clear, I'm running Linux Mint 15 64bit as my primary operating system, and I've successfully installed and am using the GohuFonts -- no need to ungzip them, or to use xset.

Solution 2

You need to recreate X server's font list. Either restart your X session (you can also start another one either on different virtual terminal or use a nested server like Xephyr) or simply tell the one running to reindex its font cache:

$ xset fp rehash

Comments

[peterph]

xset removes the need to restart the X server, if one doesn't want to close the session.

[simon]

@peterph -- is that so? thanks, I didn't know that!