How to Install and Uninstall unifont Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "unifont" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install unifont on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall unifont on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: unifont
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 6084
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Hardy
Architecture: all
Version: 1:8.0.01-1
Replaces: unifont-bin (<< 1:5.1.20080706-1)
Depends: xfonts-unifont, ttf-unifont, psf-unifont, xfonts-utils
Suggests: unifont-bin
Filename: pool/main/u/unifont/unifont_8.0.01-1_all.deb
Size: 1412840
MD5sum: 14ead0e271fe7e202c5a063873794c9a
SHA1: fe37b08fb9edd72382f9650fcf1a23f2a6f6a3ac
SHA256: 0add98674ffd6ab31e194b6873cea863eb3eb19e8c451c15f0ae38444482340c
Description-en: font with a glyph for each visible Unicode Plane 0 character
This package is a convenient way to install both the PCF bitmap
version and the scalable TrueType outline version of "Unifont"
(intended for general-purpose use) and "Unifont Sample" (which contains
combining circles to use for illustration purposes). It also installs
a copy of unifont.hex and related files in /usr/share/unifont.
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GNU Unifont was designed to render something besides an empty box
for each visible Unicode character in the Basic Multilingual Plane
(Plane 0). Plane 0 contains most of the world's modern writing
scripts. This font looks best at 12pt.
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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 is written vertically) will not render perfectly.
The philosophy behind this font, though, is that anything meaningful
is better than an empty box for a unknown glyph.
Description-md5: bc02473fe540e171d0d8ad406484d498
Homepage: http://unifoundry.com
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y