Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Ubuntu: How to install Liberation fonts

On May 9, 2007 Red Hat released free fonts under the name Liberation. There are three sets: Sans (a substitute for Arial, Albany, Helvetica, Nimbus Sans L, and Bitstream Vera Sans), Serif (a substitute for Times New Roman, Thorndale, Nimbus Roman, and Bitstream Vera Serif) and Mono (a substitute for Courier New, Cumberland, Courier, Nimbus Mono L, and Bitstream Vera Sans Mono).

Download liberation-fonts-ttf-2.tar.gz and extract.
$ tar xvzf liberation-fonts-ttf-2.tar.gz --wildcards *.ttf

Create folder for the fonts and move font files to that folder (I'm creating folder /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation).
$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation
$ sudo mv *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation

Create file liberation.hints in directory /etc/defoma/hints with the following content:
category truetype
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf
  Family = Sans
  FontName = Sans-Regular
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = SansSerif
  Weight = Medium
  Width = Variable
  Shape = NoSerif Upright
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
  Family = Sans
  FontName = Sans-Bold
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = SansSerif
  Weight = Bold
  Width = Variable
  Shape = NoSerif Upright
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf
  Family = Sans
  FontName = Sans-BoldItalic
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = SansSerif
  Weight = Bold
  Width = Variable
  Shape = NoSerif Italic
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSans-Italic.ttf
  Family = Sans
  FontName = Sans-Italic
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = SansSerif
  Weight = Medium
  Width = Variable
  Shape = NoSerif Italic
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
  Family = Mono
  FontName = Mono-Regular
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Typewriter
  Weight = Semilight
  Width = Fixed
  Shape = Serif Upright
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
  Family = Mono
  FontName = Mono-Bold
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Typewriter
  Weight = Demibold
  Width = Fixed
  Shape = Serif Upright
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationMono-BoldItalic.ttf
  Family = Mono
  FontName = Mono-BoldItalic
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Typewriter
  Weight = Demibold
  Width = Fixed
  Shape = Serif Italic
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationMono-Italic.ttf
  Family = Mono
  FontName = Mono-Italic
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Typewriter
  Weight = Semilight
  Width = Fixed
  Shape = Italic Serif
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf
  Family = Serif
  FontName = Serif-Regular
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Roman
  Weight = Medium
  Width = Variable
  Shape = Serif Upright
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf
  Family = Serif
  FontName = Serif-Bold
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-6 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Roman
  Weight = Bold
  Width = Variable
  Shape = Serif Upright
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
  Family = Serif
  FontName = Serif-BoldItalic
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Roman
  Weight = Bold
  Width = Variable
  Shape = Serif Italic
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSerif-Italic.ttf
  Family = Serif
  FontName = Serif-Italic
  Encoding = Unicode
  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Vietnamese Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek
  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR ISO10646-1
  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-8 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-9e ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP437 CP850 CP1251 CP1255 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 TATAR-CYR
  GeneralFamily = Roman
  Weight = Medium
  Width = Variable
  Shape = Serif Italic
  Foundry = Monotype
  Priority = 20
end
Content is taken and modified from the /etc/defoma/hints/msttcorefonts.hints file.

Then register fonts with defoma:
$ sudo defoma-font -v reregister-all /etc/defoma/hints/liberation.hints

Log out and log in or reboot :)

Also check http://uwstopia.nl/blog/2007/05/free-your-fonts to see how you can fool applications into showing Liberation whenever they ask for one of the non-free Microsoft fonts.

posted by evaldas @ 20:53   3 comments

3 Comments:

At 19 June, 2007 11:25, Blogger tolikzilla said...

One more method:
add lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
# Automatix Repositories
deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main
In terminal:
wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key
gpg --import automatix2.key
gpg --export --armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install ttf-liberation

 
At 31 July, 2008 00:47, Anonymous Anonymous said...

automatix is evil

 
At 24 August, 2022 13:19, Anonymous Rodent Control Chattanooga said...

Thank you for sharing.

 

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