How To Install fonts-unifont on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-unifont on Debian 12.

What is fonts-unifont

fonts-unifont is:

This contains five fonts: “Unifont”, “Unifont Upper”, “Unifont CSUR”, “Unifont JP” and “Unifont Sample”.

unifont.otf is a bitmap font converted into a scalable OpenType outline font, Unifont. Each pixel in the original bitmap font is represented as an outlined square. The font provides a glyph for each visible code point (character) in the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, or Plane 0). The BMP contains most of the world’s modern writing scripts. This font looks best at 12pt.

unifont_upper.otf is a bitmap font converted into a scalable OpenType outline font that covers Unicode ranges above Plane 0. Most of its glyphs are in Plane 1, the Unicode Supplemental Multilingual Plane (SMP).

unifont_csur.otf is a bitmap font converted into a scalable OpenType outline font that contains some scripts in the ConScript Unicode Registry (CSUR). These scripts are not part of the Unicode Standard, but are a popular use for the Private Use Area (PUA). This font contains glyphs in Plane 0 and in the higher PUA planes.

unifont_jp.otf is a scalable OpenType outline font that contains Unicode Plane 2 glyphs that appear in JIS X 0213.

unifont_sample.ttf is an SBIT font that contains combining circles and is therefore suitable for illustrating individual Unicode glyphs. The other font files do not contain combining circles and so are suitable for general-purpose writing.

Complex fonts (such as Indic or Semitic scripts, where letters change shape depending on their position in a word, or such as Mongolian, which can be written vertically) will not render perfectly. The philosophy behind this font, though, is that anything meaningful is better than an empty box for an unknown glyph.

There are three methods to install fonts-unifont on Debian 12. 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-unifont 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-unifont using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-unifont

Install fonts-unifont Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-unifont

Install fonts-unifont 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-unifont

How To Uninstall fonts-unifont on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-unifont

Uninstall fonts-unifont And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-unifont and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-unifont

Remove fonts-unifont Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-unifont configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-unifont

Remove fonts-unifont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-unifont

Dependencies

fonts-unifont have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-unifont website
• fonts-unifont on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-unifont package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.