Hi,
you can see debug messages from gnome-font-viewer by running it in the
shell with:
$ G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all gnome-font-viewer AmaticSC-Regular.ttf
(gnome-font-viewer:20743): Gtk-DEBUG: Connecting to session manager
** (gnome-font-viewer:20743): DEBUG: Install failed: Error opening file
Today I had this same problem with a font with extension .TTF
(uppercase). There was an error during install of the font (the same
error message).
Renaming the font to .ttf solved the issue. I was then able to install
the font properly. Might the solution be something else, and it was just
a
I'm affected by this bug too, running gnome-font-viewer (as root or not)
from the CLI gives the same error message but with :3660.
Also, the article listed in #2 basically tells us to do this:
1: Copy fonts to /usr/share/fonts (or ~/.fonts for user-only availability, no
need for root
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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I'm also experiencing this bug, although I tried to install a .tff font.
Workaround: I managed to install the needed fonts by following the
Manually Install Multiple Fonts-instructions in this article:
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-TrueType-Fonts-on-Ubuntu
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