This should be fixed now in Ubuntu 12.10. Font Viewer offers an install button which lets you install fonts to your profile.
** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) => gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released ** Changed in: gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145395 Title: a wish for easy installation of fonts by using "font book" Status in GNOME Control Center: Expired Status in “gnome-font-viewer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: If one wants to add a font to gnome... it's ridiculously hard at the moment! You could try system --> settings --> appearance --> fonts --> advanced --> goto font folder. This is not what normal user would expect! ever! well i didn't. Searching forums gave finally the answer: just type fonts:// to nautilus! What? really? developers?? Ok, it's at least a expected place, but no one could ever try that on first time. So I really, really wish for font book or my fonts app to control panel, and thus ability to install system wide or user fonts (which according to forums is possible). Application should also check for crc:s in ttf, as sometimes those occur in downloaded fonts. The best, obviously, could be that this wish is heard and we get "font book" or "my fonts" Cheers, Petri Järvisalo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/145395/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp