How To Install gfs-solomos-fonts on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-solomos-fonts on Fedora 36.
What is gfs-solomos-fonts
From the middle of the 19th century an italic font with many calligraphic overtones was introduced into Greek printing. Its source is unknown, but it almost certainly was the product of a German or Italian foundry. In the first type specimen printed in Greece by the type cutter K. Miliadis (1850), the font was listed anonymously along others of 11pts and in the Gr. Doumas’ undated specimen appeared as “11pt Greek inclined”. For most of the second half of the century the type was used extensively as an italic for emphasis in words, sentences or excerpts. In 1889, the folio size Type Specimen of Anestis Konstantinidis’ publishing, printing and type founding establishment also included the type as “Greek inclined [9 & 12 pt]”. Nevertheless, the excessively calligraphic style of the characters, combined with the steep and uncomfortable obliqueness of the capitals, was out of favor in the 20th century and the type did not survive the conformity of the mechanical type cutting and casting. The font has been digitally revived, as part of our typographic tradition, by George D. Matthiopoulos and is part of GFS’ type library under the name GFS Solomos, in commemoration of the great Greek poet of the 19th century, Dionisios Solomos.
We can use yum or dnf to install gfs-solomos-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfs-solomos-fonts.
Install gfs-solomos-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-solomos-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gfs-solomos-fonts
Install gfs-solomos-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-solomos-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gfs-solomos-fonts
How To Uninstall gfs-solomos-fonts on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the gfs-solomos-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gfs-solomos-fonts
gfs-solomos-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/fonts/conf.d/61-gfs-solomos-fonts.conf
/usr/share/doc/gfs-solomos-fonts
/usr/share/doc/gfs-solomos-fonts/OFL-FAQ.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/61-gfs-solomos-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fonts/gfs-solomos-fonts
/usr/share/fonts/gfs-solomos-fonts/GFSSolomos.otf
/usr/share/licenses/gfs-solomos-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/gfs-solomos-fonts/OFL.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.gfs-solomos-fonts.metainfo.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-solomos-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).