How To Install oldstandard-sfd-fonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install oldstandard-sfd-fonts in Fedora 36. oldstandard-sfd-fonts is Old Standard True-Type Fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oldstandard-sfd-fonts on Fedora 36.

What is `oldstandard-sfd-fonts`

The Old Standard font family is an attempt to revive a specific type of Modern (classicist) style of serif typefaces, very commonly used in various editions printed in the late 19th and early 20th century, but almost completely abandoned later.

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

Install oldstandard-sfd-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 oldstandard-sfd-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install oldstandard-sfd-fonts

Install oldstandard-sfd-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 oldstandard-sfd-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install oldstandard-sfd-fonts

How To Uninstall oldstandard-sfd-fonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the oldstandard-sfd-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove oldstandard-sfd-fonts

oldstandard-sfd-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-oldstandard.conf
/usr/share/appdata/oldstandard.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/FONTLOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/OFL-FAQ.txt
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/OFL.txt
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/OldStandard-Bold-sample.pdf
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/OldStandard-Italic-sample.pdf
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/OldStandard-Regular-sample.pdf
/usr/share/doc/oldstandard-sfd-fonts/oldstand-manual.pdf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-oldstandard.conf
/usr/share/fonts/oldstandard
/usr/share/fonts/oldstandard/OldStandard-Bold.otf
/usr/share/fonts/oldstandard/OldStandard-Italic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/oldstandard/OldStandard-Regular.otf

References

oldstandard-sfd-fonts website

Summary

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