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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "fonts-oldstandard" package

Please follow the steps below to install fonts-oldstandard on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall fonts-oldstandard on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fonts-oldstandard
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fonts-oldstandard package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fonts-oldstandard
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Installed-Size: 1223
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2really-3
Replaces: ttf-oldstandard (<< 2.2really-1)
Breaks: ttf-oldstandard (<< 2.2really-1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-oldstandard/fonts-oldstandard_2.2really-3_all.deb
Size: 383832
MD5sum: 94d8032ed9ccdb99c4935db98d43b999
SHA1: f6b819a27b24a58e335297f87b2145b0cc6799e3
SHA256: 4839d3d60ea7f10321a681e95d00ffd04213df1c6e7a64c0216e4ca7aa8afff5
Description-en: smart font with wide range of Latin, Greek and Cyrillic characters
The Old Standard font family is an attempt to revive a specific type of
modern (classicistic) antiqua, very commonly used in various editions
printed in the late 19th and early 20th century, but almost completely
abandoned later.
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The full font sources (fontforge .sfd and xgridfit .xdf) and
extensive documentation are also available.
Description-md5: f490eb0e7950bf98fbccf310810e384c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.thessalonica.org.ru/en/oldstandard.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu