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Reset to original fonts

Asked by Chethan S.

Long back when I started using ubuntu 9.10 in my dual-boot machine, I copied my windows fonts to ubuntu. I don't remember exactly how did I do it. It was something like copying fonts from windows folder and pasting into fonts folder in ubuntu. Now I am using ubuntu 10.04 and want to get rid of all those.

In fact I would be happy to have restored my ubuntu to freshly downloaded 10.04 settings. But I want the installed software to remain, as there are quite a lot.

Thanks in advance!

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André Carezia (carezia) said : 		#1

You can restore default fonts by navigating to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts and selecting the following:

Application font: Sans 10
Document font: Sans 10
Desktop font: Sans 10
Window title font: Sans Bold 10
Fixed width font: Monospace 10

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Chethan S. (chethan) said : 		#2

The solution given is proper. But I need a solution to delete all windows fonts which I copied earlier, so that it does not appear in font selection dialog of applications like OpenOffice.org.

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André Carezia (carezia) said : 		#3

Please run the following command in a terminal window:

  ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype

Post here the results.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Please give us the result of this terminal command:

ls -la $HOME

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Chethan S. (chethan) said : 		#5

arphic ttf-dejavu ttf-punjabi-fonts
freefont ttf-indic-fonts-core ttf-symbol-replacement
latex-xft-fonts ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf unfonts
msttcorefonts ttf-kacst-one vlgothic
openoffice ttf-khmeros-core wqy
takao ttf-lao
thai ttf-liberation

is the result for command ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype

total 6176
drwxr-xr-x 96 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-31 04:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2010-07-30 19:59 ..
drwx------ 5 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-03 20:16 .adobe
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-02 04:44 .arista
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 24 2010-06-07 04:30 .aspell.en.prepl
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 22 2010-06-07 04:30 .aspell.en.pws
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways games 518 2009-11-27 12:23 .atrisrc
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 9842 2010-07-30 22:06 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 220 2009-11-26 05:03 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 3180 2009-11-26 05:03 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 1698 2010-04-13 00:42 bd.key.asc
drwx------ 7 winalways winalways 4096 2010-02-16 05:13 .beagle
drwxr-xr-x 8 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-29 05:44 .bibus
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-20 04:59 .bogofilter
drwx------ 23 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-31 04:19 .cache
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-20 04:59 .camel_certs
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-25 19:52 .codeblocks
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:09 .compiz
drwxr-xr-x 49 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-11 06:40 .config
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 580 2010-03-07 07:08 .convertall
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:07 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-02-09 20:06 .designer
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-30 20:36 Desktop
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 38 2010-03-12 14:20 .directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 23 2010-07-31 04:19 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-25 07:57 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-20 05:46 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 6 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-25 20:07 .eric4
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-23 13:28 .eric4project
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 16 2009-11-26 05:07 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 9 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-04 16:57 .evolution
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 167 2009-11-26 05:03 examples.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 4045 2010-07-11 07:28 .face
drwxr-xr-x 13 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-08 06:51 flock
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-30 20:15 .flock
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 12288 2010-07-30 19:55 .fontconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-23 20:22 .fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 527 2010-03-22 15:26 .fonts.conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-03-22 17:13 .frozen-bubble
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-22 06:31 .FuriusIsoMount
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 57 2010-06-03 19:30 .gammurc
drwx------ 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-31 04:19 .gconf
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-31 04:23 .gconfd
drwx------ 6 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-08 06:10 .gdesklets
drwx------ 4 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 10:43 .gegl-0.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-18 03:58 .getleft
drwxr-xr-x 22 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-30 21:26 .gimp-2.6
-rw-r----- 1 winalways winalways 0 2010-07-30 21:08 .gksu.lock
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-11 19:08 .gmobilemedia
drwx------ 10 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-30 22:16 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-26 21:18 .gnome2_private
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-15 22:47 .gnupg
drwx------ 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-02-17 04:28 .google
drwx------ 5 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-13 05:05 .googleearth
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-13 18:52 .gpilotd
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 4 2010-05-20 13:53 .gpilotd.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 1227 2010-02-14 05:58 .gscan2pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-22 04:21 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 281 2010-07-31 04:19 .gtk-bookmarks
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 50 2009-11-27 04:33 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-03-14 04:35 .gtwitter
dr-x------ 2 winalways winalways 0 2010-07-31 04:19 .gvfs
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-12 07:54 .helix
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 63040 2010-07-31 04:19 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-13 06:25 .icedteaplugin
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-02-28 04:23 .icons
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-02 16:27 .idlerc
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-29 06:03 .java
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 324 2010-03-21 23:09 .kderc
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-03-27 09:07 .klamav
drwxr-xr-x 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-17 05:13 LimeWire
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-27 04:33 .local
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-12-24 09:32 .lotus
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 21:13 .macromedia
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 3146 2010-06-12 07:54 .mailcap
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-02-24 06:50 .marble
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 22:44 .mission-control
drwxr-xr-x 6 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-09 04:48 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-03-16 18:14 .mplayer
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 0 2010-07-22 06:31 .mtab.fuseiso
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 12288 2010-05-20 19:21 .MultiGet
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:07 Music
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-02 20:56 MyDownloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:07 .nautilus
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-08 05:05 .netx
drwxr-x--- 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-30 07:12 .ntrc_2
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 0 2010-04-21 22:14 .odbc.ini
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 10:41 .openoffice.org
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-09 20:06 .orca
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-02 20:56 PDF
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-10 05:37 Pictures
drwx------ 3 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-30 06:26 .pki
drwxr-xr-x 10 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-06 08:40 .PlayOnLinux
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 37 2009-12-23 07:16 .printer-groups.xml
drwx------ 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-31 21:34 .prism
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 675 2009-11-26 05:03 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:07 Public
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-31 04:19 .pulse
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 256 2009-11-26 05:07 .pulse-cookie
drwx------ 6 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-28 18:15 .purple
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-12 05:38 .qt
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-02 04:49 .qwit2
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 37784 2010-04-27 04:06 .recently-used
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 119279 2010-07-30 22:16 .recently-used.xbel
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 474262 2010-06-12 11:19 .recently-used.xbel.9H91DV
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 474262 2010-06-12 11:19 .recently-used.xbel.I0X1DV
drwxr-xr-x 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-06 08:47 .scribus
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-20 07:30 .shutter
drwxr-xr-x 12 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-21 20:59 silpa
drwxr-xr-x 5 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-09 20:06 .speech-dispatcher
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-15 23:10 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-04-25 08:09 .stellarium
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 0 2009-11-26 10:26 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-31 05:11 .synaptic
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:07 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-02-08 19:50 .texmf-var
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-26 07:45 .themes
drwx------ 5 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-27 05:02 .thumbnails
drwxrwxr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-13 15:33 Ubuntu One
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-03-20 06:54 .update-manager-core
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-30 04:45 .update-notifier
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 21480 2010-02-19 22:44 .usbcreator.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2009-11-26 05:07 Videos
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 7877 2010-05-29 17:12 .viminfo
drwxr-xr-x 3 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-06 04:15 .VirtualBox
drwx------ 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-01-30 09:59 .w3m
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 378 2010-06-03 19:57 .Wammu
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-03-14 04:37 .wapi
drwxr-xr-x 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-05-31 21:34 .webapps
drwxr-xr-x 4 winalways winalways 4096 2010-07-20 04:51 .wine
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 686 2010-04-30 22:30 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 543 2010-02-10 21:45 .xdvirc
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-04-30 22:21 .xine
drwxr-xr-x 2 winalways winalways 4096 2010-06-06 11:56 .xinput.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 7528 2010-07-09 18:49 .xscreensaver
-rw-r--r-- 1 winalways winalways 1257 2010-07-09 18:06 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 6616 2010-07-31 04:23 .xsession-errors
-rw------- 1 winalways winalways 7807 2010-07-30 22:16 .xsession-errors.old

is the output for ls -la $HOME.

Please note that I couldn't manually find the fonts like Trebuchet, Verdana in the fonts folder through a superficial search (i really don't know how to search for files in ubuntu, i use google desktop customized for other location search). The fonts mentioned above and some ESRI fonts are really there when using applications like openoffice!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

ok please try to type or better copy and paste from here to terminal:

rm -fr $HOME/.fonts

then press enter

then type:

sudo fc-cache -f -v

some references https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts

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Chethan S. (chethan) said : 		#7

I ran the command, it removed the folder, caching happened. But still fonts are in openoffice - comic sans, copperplate gothic bold etc.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

So them are into /usr/share/fonts/truetype please give the result of this terminal command:

ls -l /usr/share/fonts/truetype

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Chethan S. (chethan) said : 		#9

total 72
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-11-27 04:25 arphic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:13 freefont
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-10-29 02:30 latex-xft-fonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-11-27 07:52 msttcorefonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-06-09 04:59 openoffice
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-25 06:18 takao
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:44 thai
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:44 ttf-dejavu
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-18 08:02 ttf-indic-fonts-core
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2010-04-25 06:21 ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf -> /etc/alternatives/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-25 06:18 ttf-kacst-one
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-25 06:18 ttf-khmeros-core
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:44 ttf-lao
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:44 ttf-liberation
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-18 08:02 ttf-punjabi-fonts
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-03-27 04:34 ttf-symbol-replacement
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-10-29 02:30 unfonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:44 vlgothic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-21 05:44 wqy

is the output!

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#10

Please use nautilus menu places to navigate into the /usr/share/fonts/truetype

And to find for example comic from terminal type:

find /usr/share/fonts/truetype | grep -i comic

you can also remove the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package... from terminal type

sudo apt-get --purge remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer

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Chethan S. (chethan) said : 		#11

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.