Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI: > Reco: > > Debian-correct upgrade-safe way: > > su -l <your_user> -c "ln -sf ~/MyFonts ~/.fonts" > > > Hackish you've-been-warned way: > > Add "<dir>~/MyFonts</dir>" stanza into /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. > > Second way is hackish *and* wrong because Keith Packard himself > > tells you that from the comments of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf :) > > Ta, I'll risk the hackish way as I want those fonts to be available > to all users.
In that case, there is a third way: su -l <your_user> -c "ln -sf ~/MyFonts /usr/local/share/fonts" But the usual way to install fonts system wide beyond the package manager is as follows: put your fonts into /usr/local/share/fonts instead of ~/MyFonts.
