Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Font Management On Linux" video.

  1. ~/.fonts is deprecated. I think the recommended per-user location is ~/.local/share/fonts. Help reduce dotfile clutter!
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  2. 7:38 This is where the fc-match command can come in useful, e.g. fc-match space file family looks for the font which best matches a name like “space”, and lists its full filename and its actual family name.
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  3.  @killaken2000  fontfonfig is moving away from that, though.
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  4. Let me offer some of my own utilities: Creating a full font chart of any font, showing the Unicode coverage and any unmapped glyphs: https://github.com/ldo/python_freetype_examples/blob/master/font_chart . For really large fonts, trying outputting the chart as multipage PDF or PostScript files rather than PNG. Generating samples of any number of fonts using the traditional “lorem ipsum” text: https://github.com/ldo/qahirah_examples/blob/master/bulk_font_sample . You can also pass it .zip files (e.g. downloaded from the usual font sites), and it will generate samples of any included font files. Try going through hundreds or thousands of fonts with a GUI, and you will soon appreciate the value of command-line utilities... Collecting information on OpenType font features into an SQLite database, that you can query to see which fonts you have that support which features: https://github.com/ldo/python_fontconfig_examples/blob/master/collect_opentype_fonts . Oh, and for a bonus, here https://www.deviantart.com/default-cube/art/Region-Flags-861126407 is a display of all the national/regional flag symbols in the Noto Color Emoji font.
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  5. 14:47 Alternatively, it would be handy to be able to ellipsize the long names on the left rather than the right.
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  6.  @walterhwhite1392  What an omgubuntu thing to say...
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  7. The font name is one of the least useful things to use to give a sample of the font.
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  8. Better to put them in /usr/local/share/fonts.
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  9. You know what they say: a word to the wise is sufficient.
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  10. Try going through hundreds or thousands of fonts with a GUI, and you soon learn to appreciate the value of command-line utilities ...
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  11. Is “gay” a bad thing?
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  12. You can have your own personal custom font config file without having to modify /etc/fonts/fonts.conf.
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  13. 4:48 Don’t put your own fonts in /usr/share/fonts. Put them in /usr/local/share/fonts.
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  14. @Learn Linux Because /usr/share is for stuff installed by your distro package manager.
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  15. I don’t think Microsoft uses those fonts any more.
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