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I'm trying to get the Terminus font on Terminator, and I already did the following:

  • Got the fonts in the right place I think:

    └─▪ tree -a .local/share/fonts/ .local/share/fonts/ ├── Hack │   ├── Hack-BoldOblique.otf │   ├── Hack-Bold.otf │   ├── Hack-RegularOblique.otf │   └── Hack-Regular.otf ├── Inconsolata │   └── Inconsolata.otf ├── SourceSansPro │   ├── SourceSansPro-BlackIt.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-Black.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-BoldIt.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-Bold.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-ExtraLightIt.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-ExtraLight.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-It.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-LightIt.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-Light.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-Regular.otf │   ├── SourceSansPro-SemiboldIt.otf │   └── SourceSansPro-Semibold.otf └── Terminus ├── terminus-12.pcf ├── terminus-14-bold.pcf ├── terminus-14.pcf ├── terminus-16-bold.pcf ├── terminus-16.pcf ├── terminus-18-bold.pcf ├── terminus-18.pcf ├── terminus-20-bold.pcf └── terminus-20.pcf 4 directories, 26 files

  • Did the right fc-cache updates, see here:

    └─▪ sudo fc-cache -fv /usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 4 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: caching, new cache contents: 59 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/util: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan2: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 22 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/abyssinica: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 21 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: caching, new cache contents: 18 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst: caching, new cache contents: 15 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst-one: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lao: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 16 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/nanum: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto: caching, new cache contents: 48 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/padauk: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/takao-gothic: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tibetan-machine: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg: caching, new cache contents: 54 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 21 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-indic-fonts-core: caching, new cache contents: 17 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-khmeros-core: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family: caching, new cache contents: 13 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1/mathml: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/Hack: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/Inconsolata: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/SourceSansPro: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/Terminus: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.fonts: skipping, no such directory /usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 4 dirs /usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /home/me/.fonts: skipping, no such directory /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /home/me/.cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /home/me/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory fc-cache: succeeded

    and here:

    └─▪ sudo fc-cache -fv .local/ /home/me/.local: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /home/me/.local/share: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 13 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 7 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Borat...(2006) & Bruno (2009) 720p multi [mkvonly]: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Death Note (English Dubbed) TV Complete + Extras: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Death Note (English Dubbed) TV Complete + Extras/Artwork: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Death Note (English Dubbed) TV Complete + Extras/eXtraS: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 3 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Death Note (English Dubbed) TV Complete + Extras/eXtraS/A. Trailers!: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Death Note (English Dubbed) TV Complete + Extras/eXtraS/C. Opening and Ending Songs: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Death Note (English Dubbed) TV Complete + Extras/eXtraS/Z. Videos to Watch After Completing the Series: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/Udemy - How I Make a Website in Wordpress that sell for $100-$1000!: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/_PLEASE SUPPORT_: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/_PLEASE SUPPORT_.2: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/_PLEASE SUPPORT_.3: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/files/muz: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/Trash/info: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/applications: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/cinnamon: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /home/me/.local/share/cinnamon/applets: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/cinnamon/desklets: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/cinnamon/search_providers: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/Hack: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/Inconsolata: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/SourceSansPro: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/fonts/Terminus: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/gvfs-metadata: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/icc: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/keyrings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/mime: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs /home/me/.local/share/mime/packages: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/mime/video: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/nemo: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs /home/me/.local/share/nemo/actions: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/nemo/scripts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/tomboy: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/totem: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/vlc: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local/share/webkitgtk: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /home/me/.local/share/webkitgtk/localstorage: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /home/me/.local: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /home/me/.cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /home/me/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory fc-cache: succeeded

  • I'm currently running Mint, so I decided to follow this protip - http://chrisacheson.net/blog/2009/03/21/how-to-get-profont-working-in-ubuntu/ and adjusted my ~/.fonts.conf:

 <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <selectfont> <acceptfont> <pattern> <patelt name="family"><string>ProFont</string></patelt> <patelt name="family"><string>Terminus</string></patelt> </pattern> </acceptfont> </selectfont> </fontconfig>

And still I can't select the font in Terminator's preferences.

The font works on Terminology however.

I'm currently running Mint 17.2 Cinnamon 64bit

Edit:

After the suggestion of @Peter, I did dpkg -L xfonts-terminus and here's the result

So it looks like it's installing it in much more places than I though initially. Note that the font is not called terminus but rather an abbreviation (/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ter-u12b_koi8-r.pcf.gz)

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Why not just apt-get install xfonts-terminus ?

The Terminus fonts are already available pre-packaged for Mint, see xfonts-terminus

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  • That worked, thanks! Optionally I'd like to know a method of getting that font working independent of Ubuntu derived distros, but then I guess one of those aforementioned methods might work out. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 4:14
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    @AppAraat you could try dpkg -L xfonts-terminus to see if it placed the files somewhere else you didn't expect. Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 11:31
  • @Peter Thanks, I added the result of your suggestion. It seems that there were a lot of places I did not expect :) Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 17:12

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