Other Fonts

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith. See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
Galatians 6:10-11 (NHEB)

Well over 500 font packages are available through Synaptic

A sample of over 500 font packages available through Synaptic — *A sample (from the As) of font packages available through Synaptic*

Go to Menu > System > Synaptic Package Manager

Provide your password and click [Authenticate]

Search for fonts- for the full list of 500+ font packages

Or search for xfonts- if you only want console fonts (50-75 of those available)

Click the one(s) you want and select “Mark for Installation”

Click the [Apply] button near the top of Synaptic

Click the Apply button on the bottom right of the pop-up

The installed font is available immediately. Here the font is shown, in LibreOffice Writer, shadowed and outlined.

Alternatively, install through APT

Get a full list of the fonts available
Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
apt-cache search fonts | grep '^fonts-'

Or, for just console fonts
apt-cache search fonts | grep '^xfonts-'

Install a font or collection via apt
sudo apt update && sudo apt install fonts-name-of-font-or-collection

Refresh the font cache with
sudo fc-cache -fv

A Greek-looking font, GFS-Theokritos, in Mousepad

GFS-Theokritos is a decorative Greek font as apposed to the eleven other GFS Greek fonts. GFS-Theokritos Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic

The “core” Microsoft non-free font collection (Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Verdana and Webdings) is available through APT as well

Get the whole collection
Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

During installation; you will be greeted with a impossible-to-ignore EULA agreement.
[Tab] to <OK> then [Enter]

[Arrow Left] to <Yes> and [Enter]

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