How To Install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic is smart greek typeface revival

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic is:

Giambattista Bodoni was the most prolific Italian typecutter of the 18th century. He was among the first European typecutters to move away from the byzantine cursive tradition with the numerous ligatures which was the norm until then. His Greek types influenced many subsequent designers, yet they fell in disuse by the middle of the 19th century. GFS presented Bodoni’s original Greek typeface in the commemorative edition of Pindar’s Olympian Odes (2004), in digital version by George D. Matthiopoulos, and is now available for the general public. In the OpenType features, under ligatures, one may alternately use diphthongs with the accents placed in between the characters, as Giambattista Bodoni did when setting greek texts.

There are three methods to install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

Install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

Install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

Uninstall fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

Remove fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

Remove fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-bodoni-classic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.