Easily Download And Install Google Web Fonts In Ubuntu With TypeCatcher

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/typecatcher">TypeCatcher</a> is an application that allows to easily browse, search, download and install fonts from the Google Web Fonts collection, which includes hundreds of open source fonts.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"<a href="http://www.google.com/fonts">Google Fonts</a> makes it quick and easy for everyone to use web fonts, including professional designers and developers. We believe that everyone should be able to bring quality typography to their web pages and applications".</i></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnVZ3tzCwBeNZcL52H0MRG7LX7Y04hreRxupL7NAuAwiN5uueAJIfobdnXsF22FSmv_3owPkx6X6c5fSX2smH3KojWB33iCNm4pNabd3WkeosGfbJWvBX4LjUNdsvbhnY_ZUg8ObXfyI/s1600/typecatcher.png"><img alt="TypeCatcher Google Fonts installer" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnVZ3tzCwBeNZcL52H0MRG7LX7Y04hreRxupL7NAuAwiN5uueAJIfobdnXsF22FSmv_3owPkx6X6c5fSX2smH3KojWB33iCNm4pNabd3WkeosGfbJWvBX4LjUNdsvbhnY_ZUg8ObXfyI/s320/typecatcher.png" /></a></div><br /><b>TypeCatcher features:</b><br /><ul><li>preview the fonts with adjustable size and text;</li><li>search fonts;</li><li>download and install the fonts on your computer;</li><li>uninstall any fonts you've installed using TypeCatcher;</li><li>for more info about a font, it can open its webpage in your default web browser.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, the application is pretty simple but it's also very useful since Google doesn't have a direct download link on its Fonts page: clicking the download link offers to "Sync Google fonts to your desktop using <a href="http://www.fonts.com/web-fonts/google">SkyFonts</a>", an application somewhat similar to TypeCatcher but which is only available for Windows and Mac (update: another way of downloading some fonts is to add them to your "collection" and then download your whole collection from Google Fonts).</div><br />The application doesn't support downloading and installing all the fonts at once but for this, you can use a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/automatically-install-all-google-web.html" title="Automatically Install All The Google Web Fonts In Ubuntu Using A Script">script</a> we've posted a while back.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install TypeCatcher in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">TypeCatcher is available in the official Ubuntu 13.10 repositories so to install it, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install typecatcher</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04, you can install TypeCatcher by using its official PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andrewsomething/typecatcher<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install typecatcher</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install TypeCatcher from <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/typecatcher/">AUR</a>.<br /><br />Grab the <b>source code or report</b> any <b>bugs</b> you may find @ <a href="https://launchpad.net/typecatcher">Launchpad</a>.

Easily Download And Install Google Web Fonts In Ubuntu With TypeCatcher

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How To Download And Install The Windows 8.1 Fonts In Ubuntu

<b>If for whatever reason you need to use the latest Microsoft Windows 8.1 (or 8) fonts in Ubuntu and you don't have a Windows partition to copy the fonts, here's how to download and install them.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFIaSd2NOQuWGnab4VKmtFi55i3JFnmNcpSLR0bFlUNUOm5lLMueFeUxIKc3QWevU6p5LEN5oEISzAT_seFxbmcLvHrW9SF9ftiQDyTNVPuyhK5_BHFJ8JFoSrQjgHHg_AYGmJyhuESs/s1600/ms-windows-fonts-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MS Windows 8.1 fonts Ubuntu" border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFIaSd2NOQuWGnab4VKmtFi55i3JFnmNcpSLR0bFlUNUOm5lLMueFeUxIKc3QWevU6p5LEN5oEISzAT_seFxbmcLvHrW9SF9ftiQDyTNVPuyhK5_BHFJ8JFoSrQjgHHg_AYGmJyhuESs/s320/ms-windows-fonts-ubuntu.png" title="MS Windows 8.1 fonts Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Installing the Windows 8.1 fonts in Ubuntu means you'll get any new fonts that Microsoft included in the latest Windows Preview (like Segoe UI Black, Segoe UI Emoji and a few others) as well as the latest version of popular fonts like Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Segoe UI, Verdana, Times New Roman and so on. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you'll find instructions for downloading the Windows 8.1 Preview ISO from Microsoft, extracting the fonts from the ISO (<b>because the fonts can't be redistributed</b>) using 7zip and Wimlib and installing the fonts in Ubuntu, either system-wide or for your user only. The instructions are based on / adapted from the <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-ms-win8/">tt-ms-win8</a> AUR package (thanks to <i>reflexing</i>!).</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>How to download and install the Windows 8.1 fonts in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>1. Download Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview ISO.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the fonts can't be redistributed, you must extract them from a Windows 8.1 ISO. You can <b>download Windows 8.1 Preview from <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview-download">Microsoft</a></b> - save the ISO file in your home folder. I recommend downloading the 32bit ISO since it's 1 GB smaller than the 64bit ISO.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Optionally, you can also download the Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise evaluation ISO from <b><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx">HERE</a></b>.<br /><br />Both Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows 8 Enterprise evaluation are available to download for free.</i></div><br /><br /><b>2. Install the tools required to extract the fonts from the Windows 8.1 ISO.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We'll need p7zip-full and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/wimlib-imagex-dism-alternative-to.html" title="Wimlib: ImageX / DISM Alternative To Manipulate WIM Files In Linux [Ubuntu PPA]">Wimlib</a> (which is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA) - install them in Ubuntu using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install wimtools p7zip-full</code></pre><br /><b>3. Extract the Windows 8.1 fonts from the ISO</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To extract the Microsoft Windows 8.1 fonts from the ISO file, use the following commands (the commands below assume you've downloaded the ISO in your home folder): </div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />7z x <b>WindowsBlue-ClientwithApps-32bit-English-X1899604.iso</b> sources/install.wim<br />cd sources/<br />mkdir tmp fonts<br />imagex mount install.wim 1 tmp<br />cp tmp/Windows/Fonts/{*.ttf,cambria.ttc} fonts<br />imagex unmount tmp</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The ISO file name in the first command above may change</b> or you may have downloaded a different ISO so make sure you check the filename of your downloaded ISO and use that instead of "<i>WindowsBlue-ClientwithApps-32bit-English-X1899604.iso</i>" if the command doesn't work.</div><br /><br /><b>4. Optional: convert the Cambria font from TTC to TTF</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you need the Cambria (regular) font, you'll need to convert it to TTF because the font is available as a TrueType Collection (TTC) and unless you convert it, you won't be able to use it in LibreOffice for instance. To convert it to TTF, you need to install FontForge:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install fontforge</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And then, open a terminal and run the following command (the commands below assume you've followed our exact instructions and extracted the fonts under <i>~/sources/fonts</i>):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd ~/sources/fonts/<br />fontforge -lang=ff -c 'Open("cambria.ttc(Cambria)"); Generate("cambria.ttf"); Close(); Open("cambria.ttc(Cambria Math)"); Generate("cambria-math.ttf"); Close();'</code></pre><br /><b>5. Install the Windows 8.1 fonts in Ubuntu</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, delete any fonts that you don't need from the sources/fonts folder. </div><br />To install the Microsoft Windows 8.1 fonts system-wide, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/win8.1<br />sudo cp ~/sources/fonts/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/win8.1/<br />sudo fc-cache -f -v</code></pre><br />Or, to install the Windows 8.1 fonts for your user only, use the following commands instead:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir -p ~/.fonts/win8.1<br />cp ~/sources/fonts/*.ttf ~/.fonts/win8.1/<br />sudo fc-cache -f -v</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now you can delete the "sources" folder from your home directory as well as the downloaded Windows 8.1 ISO file.</div><br />

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Install OpenJDK Patched With Font Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">While working on the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/better-font-rendering-in-linux-with.html" title="Better Font Rendering In Linux With Infinality">Infinality</a> article, I've noticed that "<i>slow</i>", who is behind the Infinality PPA for Ubuntu, maintains another <b>PPA for OpenJDK7 which comes with a patch that improves the font rendering for Java / Swing applications in Linux</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Using this patched OpenJDK, the font rendering for Java / Swing applications should look almost native - take a look at these IntelliJ IDEA screenshots (<b>make sure you check out the images in full size</b> - 100% zoom -, or else they will look blurry):</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmE6pk-IWS7-JX3kIFhMyrWJzo6JI-lEk08mUdISan4YDaZOOkDKXQWMSXmyk6EC83buweCg2I0Kos961uJlWItfHdQl8POjQDRzX8HWFNIucQ_2LyzSoaese3Cg-M7lL2Gk2ffKEzGbXs/s1600/intellij-idea-before.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Before installing the patched OpenJDK"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmE6pk-IWS7-JX3kIFhMyrWJzo6JI-lEk08mUdISan4YDaZOOkDKXQWMSXmyk6EC83buweCg2I0Kos961uJlWItfHdQl8POjQDRzX8HWFNIucQ_2LyzSoaese3Cg-M7lL2Gk2ffKEzGbXs/s320/intellij-idea-before.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before installing the patched OpenJDK</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoHPuhNrjSTGW5EWuKAeqPepRlfVLHP_UgLJ-qaLtKHEx7hI-CL7CGfI-1pb7_zPv786hFt_nacPidXWJaJYzqKIwwsNnZZ9lsKfRMAARSbiZ9S4wcfrcs7a6QJNRXDwpsJfJtZkaq8kn/s1600/intellig-idea-after.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="After installing the patched OpenJDK"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoHPuhNrjSTGW5EWuKAeqPepRlfVLHP_UgLJ-qaLtKHEx7hI-CL7CGfI-1pb7_zPv786hFt_nacPidXWJaJYzqKIwwsNnZZ9lsKfRMAARSbiZ9S4wcfrcs7a6QJNRXDwpsJfJtZkaq8kn/s320/intellig-idea-after.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After installing the patched OpenJDK</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And another set of screenshots which use a dark background and different font (taken from the PPA description):</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZWR1LhYVSGeb3SP2MPWI6j3-OFEr6C5_V35icE8H74p1ZVgXno3hxMllmF0fhmgwKz28TvP56225virCadiQpqzRJxi-a-DL13vsud8iHGrzGztg8Z1AJKa9YtEQyqKg8Gj1GfUWz1FO/s1600/ij-before.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Before"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZWR1LhYVSGeb3SP2MPWI6j3-OFEr6C5_V35icE8H74p1ZVgXno3hxMllmF0fhmgwKz28TvP56225virCadiQpqzRJxi-a-DL13vsud8iHGrzGztg8Z1AJKa9YtEQyqKg8Gj1GfUWz1FO/s320/ij-before.png" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4x8hUxKCyXISqlvarj1Njw9CDXzbC77PaTtQrwF_1QYyVD5xvxUKh3iqMZNzUdzt6Es3JvnNcNxYCQt0DmsvVs0ElQdvHyRxJKRY_iMx804jFV1rN1uaMo8_pkG_66BgHjlnYbMGB1at/s1600/ij-after.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="After"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4x8hUxKCyXISqlvarj1Njw9CDXzbC77PaTtQrwF_1QYyVD5xvxUKh3iqMZNzUdzt6Es3JvnNcNxYCQt0DmsvVs0ElQdvHyRxJKRY_iMx804jFV1rN1uaMo8_pkG_66BgHjlnYbMGB1at/s320/ij-after.png" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: since this is for OpenJDK 7, it obviously doesn't have any effect if you use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html" title="Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository">Oracle Java</a> or OpenJDK 6, so make sure your applications use OpenJDK 7 when trying this.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install OpenJDK7 with font fixes in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04 users can install this patched OpenJDK by using slow's PPA</b>. To add the PPA and upgrade to the patched OpenJDK / OpenJRE, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install this via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jre7-openjdk-headless-fontfix/">AUR</a>. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For<b> other Linux distributions</b>, you can get the patch from <a href="https://gist.github.com/2963640">HERE</a> (altough that might be an older version of the patch - see <a href="http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=275">THIS</a> Infinality forum post for more info).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Revert the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To revert the changes and install the unpatched OpenJDK back in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>once again, thanks to "<a href="https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname">slow</a>" for the PPA! </i></div>

Install OpenJDK Patched With Font Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]

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Better Font Rendering In Linux With Infinality

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Many of you have probably already heard of Infinality, but I've decided to write a post about it anyway, for those who aren't familiar with it yet, because it greatly improves the font rendering on Linux.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.infinality.net/">Infinality</a> is a set of Freetype patches that try to provide an improved font rendering for Linux and also, to allow easy customization</b> so the users can adjust the settings to their taste. Using it, <b>you can easily set the font style to emulate OSX, OSX2, Windows 98, WIndows XP or Windows 7</b> or you can use the<b> "Linux" or "Infinality" (default) styles</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">While Infinality is very useful for most Linux distributions, the Ubuntu font rendering is pretty good already, but even so, there are quite a few Ubuntu users who install Infinality, like Miroslav Hadzhiev (Мирослав Хаджиев), the Ubuntu Bulgarian Translators admin, who says that: "<i>[...] this [Infinality] project has brought me back to Linux. I work with documents all day long so the fonts are VERY important to me</i>". He adds that using Infinality, the fonts are<i> sharper and more vivid</i> on large screens - <a href="http://img.netupd8.com/infinality-ubuntu.png" target="_blank">here's a screenshot</a> from Miroslav's Ubuntu computer (on the left: Ubuntu default; on the right: Infinality with "Linux" style).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using Infinality in Ubuntu, the fonts are easier on the eyes and while you may not notice a major or even any difference at all in the screenshot below, you should see the difference after you've used Infinality for a while on your computer:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-with-without-infinality.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCcVsWnJufIQbH8vC09Wg42A1_Nn5myqO-esl_IvGWc-BXNcLoRe0mqYXEIqx5YTHKdCNFSPVGvOK5yPbnUWbUOWfgiZy_-TEKJj-UJvkBbVu_88p8Zy5OoF1Ozv9PlL66OraxDQ9CzWt/s320/ubuntu-with-without-infinality.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left: Infinality (using the Linux style); on the right: the default Ubuntu font configuration</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Click <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3N6aypKOw5Ed7e-X-bJLYmtaYlrGZXz83ZIGZGpmioQ9MJKWm1E0lytsSDntQvpGnzf6gMWoU1RveJ4e1NhyLuJR5RLNJapUfJpR9XSTmhZHyvOKl7MtOGxQYZRSdDgEbYhyphenhyphenPEijNt9S/s1600/infinality-both.gif">HERE</a> to zoom in so you can better see the details.</b><br /><br />The screenshot above uses the Linux Infinality style, but there are many other style you can choose from, as I was saying above.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The differences in the above screenshot are not very clear because like I was saying, the fonts in Ubuntu look good already, but you should notice a big difference between the default Debian font rendering and Infinality, in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/debian-with-without-infinality.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZu3yJgnAWQcf1Gl2n980R4Y25nfFGNg3xjAXIx1a2dOkn0c-in5GiyqxDcJMTk5eEUWCSNs4gmMEE3bE_FcL5xuPB_voPVt-YRtFc99HYNYj8TCcgt8MlT4u1o4r4YLNYRvMmmOVPqvw/s320/debian-with-without-infinality.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to use or just try out Infinality, here's how to install it in Ubuntu and Debian (with links to installation instructions for other Linux distributions) and set it up.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install and configure Infinality for better font rendering in Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu: </b>Freetype with the Infinality patches can be installed in Ubuntu by using a PPA.<b> To add the PPA and install the required packages in Ubuntu 12.04 or 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade<br />sudo apt-get install fontconfig-infinality</code></pre><b>Once installed, log out and log back in.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Debian: the PPA works on Debian 7 too</b> (that's actually how I've installed Infinality in the screenshot above - I've used "raring" for the version), <span style="color: red;"><b>but because I've only tested it for a few minutes, I can't say how stable it is</b></span>. If you want to use it in Debian, follow the instructions below on your own risk. <b>An alternative way of installing Infinality on Debian can be found <a href="http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=88545">HERE</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add an unofficial Infinality PPA and install all the required packages in Debian (32bit and 64bit), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu raring main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list<br />echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu raring main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list<br />sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E985B27B</code></pre><br />For another way of getting better fonts in Debian, see <a href="http://blog.desdelinux.net/mejora-las-tipografias-en-debian-sin-infinality/">THIS</a> article (it's in Spanish but you only need the commands).<br /><br /><br /><b>Installing Infinality in other Linux distributions:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77">Fedora (official Infinality repository) and generic installation instructions</a></li><li><b>Arch Linux: </b><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Infinality:_the_easy_way">the easy way</a> | <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Infinality:_the_generic_way">the generic way</a> (AUR)</li><li><a href="https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=home%3Anamtrac%3Asubpixel">openSUSE repository</a></li><li><a href="http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=88545">Debian installation instructions</a> (build instructions and pre-built binaries)</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you install Infinality, it's time to configure it. To set the style you want to use, run the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo bash /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And select the style you want to use. Available options are: debug, infinality, linux, osx, osx2, win7, win98 and winxp (I recommend using the <b>"linux" style</b>, obviously, but you can try any style, then remember to log out and log back in - you can easily select a different style later on by using the same command). <b>To use the Windows or OSX style you'll also need to use the Windows or OSX fonts</b>.</div><br /><b>Optional:</b> next, open <i>/etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh</i> with a text editor as root - I'll use Gedit below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo -H gedit /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh</code></pre>And in this file, search for <i><b>USE_STYLE</b></i> (it should be USE_STYLE="DEFAULT" by default) and change it to one of the following styles (I recommend using "UBUNTU" here but you should also try the default to see which one you like better):<br /><ul><li>DEFAULT - A compromise that should please most people;</li><li>OSX - Simulate OSX rendering;</li><li>IPAD - Simulate iPad rendering;</li><li>UBUNTU - Simulate Ubuntu rendering;</li><li>LINUX - Generic "Linux" style - no snapping or certain other tweaks;</li><li>WINDOWS - Simulate Windows rendering;</li><li>WINDOWS7 - Simulate Windows rendering with normal glyphs;</li><li>WINDOWS7LIGHT- Simulate Windows 7 rendering with lighter glyphs;</li><li>WINDOWS - Simulate Windows rendering;</li><li>VANILLA - Just subpixel hinting;</li><li>CUSTOM - Your own choice; </li><li>Infinality styles:</li><ul><li>CLASSIC - Infinality rendering circa 2010. No snapping;</li><li>NUDGE - CLASSIC with lightly stem snapping and tweaks;</li><li>PUSH - CLASSIC with medium stem snapping and tweaks;</li><li>SHOVE - Full stem snapping and tweaks without sharpening;</li><li>SHARPENED - Full stem snapping, tweaks, and Windows-style sharpening;</li><li>INFINALITY - Settings used by the Infinality developer;</li><li>DISABLED - Act as though running without the extra infinality enhancements (just subpixel hinting).</li></ul></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In this file you can change many other settings but if you don't know what they do, only change the style. Then, save the file, log out and log back in to see the changes.</div><br /><b>For discussion, bug reports and so, visit the <a href="http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=1">Infinality forums</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>Update: for improved font rendering in Java / Swing applications (OpenJDK 7), see this article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/install-openjdk-patched-with-font-fixes.html">Install OpenJDK Patched With Font Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]</a></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Ubuntu</b>, to remove Infinality and revert all the changes made by using the instructions above, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get purge fontconfig-infinality<br />sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa</code></pre>Once the PPA is purge, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Debian</b>, if you've added the PPA and want to revert the changes, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get purge fontconfig-infinality<br />sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then (still for Debian), downgrade the Freetype package using the following command, presuming you're using Debian stable:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>- 32bit: <br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libfreetype6/stable</code></pre>- 64bit:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libfreetype6/stable libfreetype6:i386/stable</code></pre>Note: you also need to downgrade libfreetype6-dev if it's installed and also, libfreetype6:i386 may not be installed. You may want to check if those packages are installed by using "apt-cache policy" (example: "apt-cache policy libfreetype6-dev").<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Miroslav Hadzhiev for the tip and info and to "<a href="https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname">slow</a>" for maintaining the PPA!</i></div>

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