How to Install and Uninstall fonts-gfs-porson Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "fonts-gfs-porson" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fonts-gfs-porson on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall fonts-gfs-porson on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fonts-gfs-porson
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1-6
Replaces: ttf-gfs-porson (<< 1.1-4)
Breaks: ttf-gfs-porson (<< 1.1-4)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-gfs-porson/fonts-gfs-porson_1.1-6_all.deb
Size: 33698
MD5sum: 3c6b9ff4d207bbcc3507c218a7a75727
SHA1: bad6f41248dd19d56c822e97037c438189c1dd90
SHA256: 2537bebc56ea9a660c0cd44a81892196046c498143cf808920584e739a2198cc
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu