How to Install fontforge software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install fontforge software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

fontforge software package provides font editor, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fontforge 

fontforge is installed in your system.

Make ensure the fontforge package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fontforge *

You will get with fontforge package name, version, architecture and description in a table

fontforge package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section X Window System software
Package fontforge
Version 20120731.b-7.1
Description font editor
Sub Section X194


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