It's ok, i've sorted it. I downloaded the font, then did the following: sudo cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts cd /usr/local/share/fonts sudo chown root:root *.ttf sudo fc-cache
The font then showed in Mnemosyne. Thanks for your help guys, Brian On Aug 24, 9:50 am, Bluebris <[email protected]> wrote: > My fonts all work fine in Japanese for other applications, they just > don't for mnemosyne, for some kanji, so i want to know > how to install a font to the application itself. I've seen through a > google search other users with the same > issue in this app, and the recommendation was to install this > cyberbit.ttf font, which i downloaded and now > have sitting on my desktop. I want to install it so i can use it in > Mnemosyne. Any ideas how to do this? > > On Aug 24, 4:08 am, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have ubuntu, but I don't anything about Japanese myself. > > > Still, if you do > > > sudo apt-cache search japanese | grep font > > > you get a list of several fonts that would fit the bill. Don't know which > > one > > is best though. > > > You can install it with > > > sudo apt-get install <package-name> > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > > On Sunday 23 August 2009 10:55:12 am Bluebris wrote: > > > > I'm using Linux Ubuntu 9.04. > > > thanks for your help, but what i don't know is how to install the new > > > font. Sorry, i should have made that clear in my initial post. > > > > Brian > > > > On Aug 23, 4:42 pm, Charles Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If you are going to use a new font, then all you have to do is > > > > install the font then choose the Mnemosyne > Configure > > > > option then click the Q/A font and choose your new font. > > > > > Are you using Windows? I use MS Gothic 24 point font > > > > and it displays Kanji very well. > > > > > Charles > > > > > > I have a problem with some Kanji displaying as blocks. > > > > > I searched the internet and found a recommended font, Cyberbit.ttf, > > > > > but i have no idea > > > > > how to add the font to Mnemosyne to see if it works. > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Peter Bienstman > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > email: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
