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How to Install Fonts in Unix

Adding new fonts to an operating system allows you to make better-looking documents, Web pages and personal greetings. You can install fonts on Unix and make it easier to add a personal flare.

Things You'll Need

  • Internet access
  • Computer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Find out what fonts are supported by Unix. In general, the two common types of fonts compatible with Unix are Adobe Post Script Fonts and True Type Fonts.

    • 2

      Obtain the font files. Font files can be purchased off of the Internet in the Windows format. Your supplier will be able to give you a key code to unlock the font files to be installed in Unix. You will have to unzip your font files before you can install them with a program like GZip.

    • 3

      Install the font files under the Windows format first. Double-click the Fonts folder in the Control Panel located in the Windows Start menu. Click "File" and choose "Install New Font." Find the folder containing your new fonts, select them and click the "OK" button.

    • 4

      Unlock the permission rights to a font using a key code. Software such as OK Font enables you to unlock and manage your font simply by dragging the file you want to unlock into a window and entering the appropriate code.

    • 5

      Create a font server in Unix. Type "xfs" on the Unix command prompt to start the server. In general, depending on the command used to create the new server, the name of your server will appear as "/tmp/.YOUR FONT NAME-unix/fs7100." Add the new server.

    • 6

      Create a new directory to store your unlocked font files. Add your new directory to the path of the font server you just created. Add all the fonts you want to install to the font directory.

    • 7

      Run a processing utility command prompt (such as ttmkfdir) to process the new font. Restart the font server.

Tips & Warnings

  • You must first install fonts under the Windows format because the files need to be unlocked via a key code given to you by the company you purchased the fonts from.

  • Figure out what type of font files are compatible with your version of Unix by seeing which ones are already available.

  • There are many different versions of Unix, which makes it difficult to make generalizations about procedures for installing fonts.

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