Installing Fonts in Linux (Ubuntu 9.04)

First, you can find some good free font downloads at http://www.sostars.com.  I downloaded a stencil font called "Ver Army." I unzipped the file, and found a .ttf font file.

I learned how it install it from this page. Here's a summary:

To install Microsoft Windows fonts: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
To install Red Hat Liberation fonts: sudo apt-get install ttf-liberation

To install any other kind of font (including the one I downloaded from sostars.com):

1. mkdir ~/.fonts (make a font directory in your home directory if one doesn't exist already)


2. mv ver-army.ttf ~/.fonts (move your ttf file into the .fonts folder)


3. Restart the computer