Remove Asian Fonts

sudo apt-get remove “fonts-kacst*” “fonts-khmeros*” fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-guru-extra “fonts-nanum*” fonts-noto-cjk “fonts-takao*” fonts-tibetan-machine fonts-lao fonts-sil-padauk fonts-sil-abyssinica “fonts-tlwg-*” “fonts-lohit-*” fonts-beng-extra fonts-gargi fonts-gubbi fonts-gujr-extra fonts-kalapi “fonts-samyak*” fonts-navilu fonts-nakula fonts-orya-extra fonts-pagul fonts-sarai “fonts-telu*” “fonts-wqy*” “fonts-smc*” fonts-deva-extra fonts-sahadeva

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How to get beautiful Mac OSX quality fonts in Ubuntu

This posting from Oh my God, its still breathing, caught my attention. I haven’t implemented it yet, not wanting to increase the RAM and CPU overhead on my already strained system. What is the pay-off? If you’re typesetting, this could be a lifesaver, if you’re just surfing, there is no real need to have every bell and whistle turned on. But nice  knowing it is possible. Also, anybody know what the Hardy Heron defaults are, or how to backup and reinstall the fontconfig safely? Methinks there is a lot more here than meets the eye, and somebody should write a nice fontconfig application -DRL

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