How To Install tiresias-pc-fonts on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tiresias-pc-fonts on Fedora 36.
What is tiresias-pc-fonts
The Tiresias family of fonts has been designed for use in multiple environments to help improve legibility, especially for individuals with visual impairment. It includes specialized fonts for information labels, control labels (for key tops), large print publications, computer systems, television subtitling, and signs. The PCfont family is specialized for people with poor vision to use on PC screens using large characters. The only difference between the PCfont and the PCfont Z families is whether the zero is crossed out or not. In the PCfont family, the zero is not crossed out, which may lead to some confusion.
We can use yum or dnf to install tiresias-pc-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tiresias-pc-fonts.
Install tiresias-pc-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 tiresias-pc-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tiresias-pc-fonts
Install tiresias-pc-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 tiresias-pc-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tiresias-pc-fonts
How To Uninstall tiresias-pc-fonts on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the tiresias-pc-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tiresias-pc-fonts
tiresias-pc-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-tiresias.conf-pcfont.conf
/usr/share/appdata/tiresias-pc.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-tiresias.conf-pcfont.conf
/usr/share/fonts/tiresias
/usr/share/fonts/tiresias/Tiresias PCfont Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/tiresias/Tiresias PCfont Italic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/tiresias/Tiresias PCfont.ttf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tiresias-pc-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).