How To Install sil-shimenkan-fonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sil-shimenkan-fonts in Fedora 36. sil-shimenkan-fonts is Shimenkan, a Miao (Pollard) script font family

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sil-shimenkan-fonts on Fedora 36.

What is `sil-shimenkan-fonts`

The Shimenkan font family supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script. It leverages OpenType features to provide the correct alternates and positioning for each language. Therefore, making use of this font requires good OpenType support in applications. The Latin glyphs are based on the OFL-licensed Source Sans Pro fonts. The Miao glyphs are designed to harmonize with the Latin, but remain true to the unique characteristics of Miao writing systems. The project is inspired by, but not based on, the Miao Unicode project. Languages that use the Miao script have different positioning and glyphs shaping conventions. Accessing the correct alternates and positioning for a given language requires application support for the corresponding OpenType feature.

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

Install sil-shimenkan-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 sil-shimenkan-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sil-shimenkan-fonts

Install sil-shimenkan-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 sil-shimenkan-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sil-shimenkan-fonts

How To Uninstall sil-shimenkan-fonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the sil-shimenkan-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sil-shimenkan-fonts

sil-shimenkan-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-sil-shimenkan-fonts.conf
/usr/share/doc/sil-shimenkan-fonts
/usr/share/doc/sil-shimenkan-fonts/FONTLOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/sil-shimenkan-fonts/OFL-FAQ.txt
/usr/share/doc/sil-shimenkan-fonts/README.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-sil-shimenkan-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/Shimenkan-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/Shimenkan-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/ShimenkanBook-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/ShimenkanBook-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/ShimenkanExtraLight-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/ShimenkanExtraLight-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/ShimenkanLight-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-shimenkan-fonts/ShimenkanLight-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/licenses/sil-shimenkan-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/sil-shimenkan-fonts/OFL.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.sil-shimenkan-fonts.metainfo.xml

References

sil-shimenkan-fonts website

Summary

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