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Image Magick Fonts

List of fonts installed on machine -

convert -list font

Find out if particular font is installed

fc-list | grep -i arial

convert -list font | grep "Font:" | grep Arial

Install Typecatcher in Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andrewsomething/typecatcher 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install typecatcher

To navigate into /usr folder

press alt+f2 and type /usr

Copy Fonts ttf files

sudo cp -R /home/nitinw/Downloads/oswald /usr/share/fonts/truetype

http://askubuntu.com/questions/191778/how-to-install-many-font-files-fast-and-easy

It's also a good idea to manually rebuild the font cache, so you can immediately use the fonts everywhere: fc-cache -f -v

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