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Install TTF Fonts in Debian
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install-fonts.txt
cd fonts
mv *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype
cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype
mkfontscale
mkfontdir
fc-cache
xset fp rehash
@mr-katsini
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Great! Needed this, just needed to apt-get install xfonts-utils

@Yutab
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Yutab commented Sep 14, 2018

Good job!

@stefanct
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AFAICT it's enough to move/copy them into /usr/share/fonts/truetype in Debian Stretch. It will be picked up automatically.

@LucasFrecia
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Awesome. This was helpful.

@matthewhartman
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Glad you all found it useful. Thought the least I could do is post it for other people and use it for my own reference :)

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