Question-1: Is there a way to know what all fonts are installed on the CentOS 6.2 through command-line?
I have checked the fonts with the following command
ls /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript/ and have got the following results:
bchb.afm bchri.afm fcyri.afm fkarw.pfm hrgero.gsf hrgrro.gsf hrpldb.gsf hrplrbo.gsf hrpls.gsf hrplt.pfa hrscso.gsf putri.pfa u004006t.afm bchbi.afm bchri.pfa fcyri.gsf fonts.dir hrger.pfa hrgrr.pfa hrpldbi.gsf hrplr.gsf hrplso.gsf hrsccb.gsf hrscs.pfa putr.pfa u004006t.gsf bchbi.pfa bchr.pfa fhirw.gsf fonts.scale hrgkc.gsf hritrb.gsf hrpldi.pfa hrplro.gsf hrpltb.gsf hrscco.gsf hrsyr.gsf u003043t.afm u004006t.pfm bchb.pfa fcyr.afm fhirw.pfm hrgerb.gsf hrgks.gsf hritro.gsf hrpld.pfa hrplsb.gsf hrpltbi.gsf hrscc.pfa putbi.pfa u003043t.gsf bchr.afm fcyr.gsf fkarw.gsf hrgerd.gsf hrgrrb.gsf hritr.pfa hrplrb.gsf hrplsbo.gsf hrplti.pfa hrscsb.gsf putb.pfa u003043t.pfm and similar results I have got from running ls /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 but I am not able to make out what kind font files are these (I know about .ttf, .otn and .fnt) and what all fonts does it contain like "courier new", "times new roman" etc.
Also there are other directories which have fonts:
ls /usr/share/fonts/opensymbol/ has opens___.ttf
ls /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/ has
DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf DejaVuSansMono.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf DejaVuSerif.ttf DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed-Bold.ttf DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed-Italic.ttf DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf Question-2:: Are there other directories for fonts and are these fonts installed on my system?
Question-3: Also is there a way to check if a particular font is installed on the system, for eg: I want to see whether Courier New is installed on my system or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
4 Answers
As for question one, fc-list gives you all fonts.
${HOME}/.fonts will contain additional fonts for your user.
fc-list | grep "Courier New" allows you to check if that particular font is installed.
Besides
# fc-list You can find all true type fonts in your disk with find: (caution: it can take long time to process)
# find / -type f -name "*.ttf" There is a command xlsfonts to list all fonts available in X.
you can also try with python. For example using matplotlib:
python -c 'import matplotlib.font_manager; print "\n".join(matplotlib.font_manager.findSystemFonts(fontpaths=None, fontext="ttf"))' on my linux it gives me output like:
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst/KacstTitle.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/TlwgTypo-Oblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-indic-fonts-core/Malige-b.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/verdanab.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Umpush.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/horai-umefont/ume-tgo5.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg/Garuda-Bold.ttf ... UPDATE: Ofcourse you need python-matplotlib package for that. Try with yum, if not found , you can install it via pip or easy install, so:
sudo yum install python-matplotlib or
pip install matplotlib or
easy_install matplotlib 
