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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "fonts-sil-scheherazade" package

This is a short guide on how to install fonts-sil-scheherazade on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fonts-sil-scheherazade
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fonts-sil-scheherazade" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fonts-sil-scheherazade 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-sil-scheherazade package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fonts-sil-scheherazade
Priority: optional
Section: fonts
Installed-Size: 1823
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Version: 2.100-1
Replaces: ttf-sil-scheherazade (<< 1.001-7)
Provides: ttf-sil-scheherazade
Breaks: ttf-sil-scheherazade (<< 1.001-7)
Filename: pool/main/f/fonts-sil-scheherazade/fonts-sil-scheherazade_2.100-1_all.deb
Size: 958890
MD5sum: 76dce9cda826b9b355ce8c9340a4da25
SHA1: 8f88d169be8739d3c04b2979d07c362f969d24b1
SHA256: a6195cfb9516e914ed34c5d7085fd8324a79b9410486ff740152b0f6cd87723d
Description-en: smart Unicode font for Arabic
Scheherazade, named after the heroine of the classic Arabian Nights
tale, is designed in a similar style to traditional typefaces such as
Monotype Naskh, extended to cover the full Unicode Arabic repertoire.
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The goal for this product was to provide a single Unicode-based font
family that would contain a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed
for almost any Arabic-based writing system. This font makes use of
state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic
issues.
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This font provides a simplified rendering of Arabic script, using
basic connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional
ligatures or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef
ligatures). This simplified style is often preferred for clarity,
especially in non-Arabic languages, but may be considered unattractive
in more traditional and literate communities.
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One font from this typeface family is included in this release:
- Scheherazade Regular
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This release supports virtually all of the Unicode 5.0 Arabic
character repertoire (excluding the Arabic Presentation Forms blocks,
which are not recommended for normal use). Font smarts are implemented
using OpenType technology.
Description-md5: 6a8207d145d1833524ba78bcd9eb3c1b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://scripts.sil.org/ArabicFonts
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m