Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by alexmyczko » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 1:14 PM UTC

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

#2

Post by alexmyczko » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 1:14 PM UTC

You want the latest and greated fonts from Debian sid? Now you can! No matter if you're on some strange Linux distribution or some macOS! Single shell script for the rescue...

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by revel » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

I really like this idea. Seems almost crazy that it hasn't been done before

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by Wowfunhappy » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:20 PM UTC

If you're on macOS, I can't say I really see the advantage to this over using the built-in Fontbook. Perhaps if you manage a lot of machines...

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by dsr_ » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:24 PM UTC

"apt for fonts" is called apt.

If you want the testing fonts, you add:

/etc/apt/sources.d/fonts.list:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian sid main contrib non-free

and

/etc/apt/preferences.d/pinning:

Package: fonts-* Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 600

(priority between 500 and 989 means "causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent")

and after you apt update, you have access to sid.

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by francis-io » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:25 PM UTC

Managing fonts is not great on Linux in general. I'll make sure I give this a go.

A good font can make a big difference if you are in the terminal or editor all day. It's a pain to get unity between them though.

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by anamexis » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:37 PM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #4

If you're on macOS, I can't say I really see the advantage to this over using the built-in Fontbook. Perhaps if you manage a lot of machines...

You can't find and install new fonts using Fontbook, can you?

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by caiob » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

How's this different than say https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-fonts on a Mac?

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by igneo676 » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 5:54 PM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #4

If you're on macOS, I can't say I really see the advantage to this over using the built-in Fontbook. Perhaps if you manage a lot of machines...

Or, even better, https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-fonts

1. No GUI needed

2. Discoverable and searchable directly through Brew

Re: Fnt: apt for fonts

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Post by Kaze404 » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

dsr_ wrote: post #5

"apt for fonts" is called apt. If you want the testing fonts, you add: /etc/apt/sources.d/fonts.list: deb http://http.debian.net/debian sid main contrib non-free and /etc/apt/preferences.d/pinning: Package: fonts-* Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 600 (priority between 500 and 989 means "causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available belonging to the target release or the installed version i…

...unless you're not on a Debian-based distribution.