How To Install gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-porson-fonts in Fedora 36. gfs-porson-fonts is GFS Porson, a 19th century Greek font family

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36.

What is `gfs-porson-fonts`

In England, during the 1790’s, Cambridge University Press decided to procure a new set of Greek types. The university’s great scholar of Classics, Richard Porson was asked to produce a typeface based on his handsome handwriting and Richard Austin was commissioned to cut the types. The type was completed in 1808, after the untimely death of Porson the previous year. Its success was immediate and since then the classical editions in Great Britain and the U.S.A. use it, almost invariably. In 1913, Monotype released the typeface with some corrections, notably replacing the upright capitals suggested by Porson with inclined ones. In Greece the typeface was used under the name Pelasgika type. GFS Porson is based on the Monotype version, though using upright capitals, as in the original.

We can use yum or dnf to install gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfs-porson-fonts.

Install gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfs-porson-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfs-porson-fonts

Install gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfs-porson-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfs-porson-fonts

How To Uninstall gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gfs-porson-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gfs-porson-fonts

gfs-porson-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fonts/conf.d/61-gfs-porson-fonts.conf
/usr/share/doc/gfs-porson-fonts
/usr/share/doc/gfs-porson-fonts/OFL-FAQ.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/61-gfs-porson-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fonts/gfs-porson-fonts
/usr/share/fonts/gfs-porson-fonts/GFSPorson.otf
/usr/share/licenses/gfs-porson-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/gfs-porson-fonts/OFL.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.gfs-porson-fonts.metainfo.xml

References

gfs-porson-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-porson-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).