How to Install and Uninstall fonts-gfs-porson Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "fonts-gfs-porson" package

This guide let you learn how to install fonts-gfs-porson on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fonts-gfs-porson
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fonts-gfs-porson" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fonts-gfs-porson on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fonts-gfs-porson package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fonts-gfs-porson
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1-7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 59
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-gfs-porson/fonts-gfs-porson_1.1-7_all.deb
Size: 33856
MD5sum: 65c1ee89d1fbfc8493bca16b80fd196b
SHA1: af06790c549b5464e0ffa59d907c77542d8d7a88
SHA256: cdd2d38de4921daba5e997c1e3aecb7e1494720c413c4578620e850fc6599d85
SHA512: be84a3ee8e6ecdcd8566629c2720a580ece7e668ced37bf07b45b2f03f55848b58565e0a6421d2ac18cf89672b2b38ceae953a034f54ed86f28d3787fa8a78b6
Homepage: https://www.greekfontsociety.gr/
Description-en: Greek font (Porson revival)
In England, during the 1790's, Cambridge University Press decided to procure a
new set of Greek types. The university’s great scholar of Classics, Richard
Porson was asked to produce a typeface based on his handsome handwriting and
Richard Austin was commissioned to cut the types. The type was completed in
1808, after the untimely death of Porson the previous year. Its success was
immediate and since then the classical editions in Great Britain and the
U.S.A. use it, almost invariably. In 1913, Monotype released the typeface
with some corrections, notably replacing the upright capitals suggested by
Porson with inclined ones. In Greece the typeface was used under the name
Pelasgika type. GFS Porson is based on the Monotype version, though using
upright capitals, as in the original.
Description-md5: 73b6d2b50ec092ef45b4bb1d9d844eab