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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "fonts-unifont" package

This tutorial shows how to install fonts-unifont on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fonts-unifont
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fonts-unifont" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fonts-unifont on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: fonts-unifont
Architecture: all
Version: 1:13.0.05-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Source: unifont
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18010
Breaks: ttf-unifont (<< 1:13.0.02-1)
Replaces: ttf-unifont (<< 1:13.0.02-1)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unifont/fonts-unifont_13.0.05-1_all.deb
Size: 3196876
MD5sum: 46643bb04bfd88940622cb9ce42cef8d
SHA1: e93de9be461183abb1e70fb43f70c04c417517aa
SHA256: bfee8a9c886690f43cd2230f051e1c32a7e73f7a2a9033811b1dc26a19383bd9
SHA512: 335fbb8d39f90f5983776cfbb72ee19583a8b284817504649a456fc7f3601fb60c56f6883b96bcd16e71d89e1fc331354eff71c018ca3cd2fd768fe5e323128c
Homepage: https://unifoundry.com/unifont/
Description-en: TrueType version of GNU Unifont
This contains four fonts: "Unifont", "Unifont Upper", "Unifont CSUR",
and "Unifont Sample".
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unifont.ttf is a bitmap font converted into a scalable TrueType
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.
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unifont_upper.ttf is a bitmap font converted into a scalable TrueType
outline font that covers Unicode ranges above Plane 0. Most of its
glyphs are in Plane 1, the Unicode Supplemental Multilingual Plane (SMP).
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unifont_csur.ttf is a bitmap font converted into a scalable TrueType
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.
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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.
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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.
Description-md5: 5cd27dc07e2575f794158fd31650f2fd
Task: ubuntustudio-fonts