Urdu Open Type Fonts : (For Linux) 

• Install Instructions

• Please unzip the downloaded zip file and thereafter follow the installation instructions.

• Following is the procedure to install OT fonts in Linux (eg: Fedora Core 3)

  • Step 01. Download "UrduOTFonts.tar.gz" from CD and save in a directory on 
    your machine.

  • Step 02. Go to the directory in which you have saved the tar.gz file.

  • Step 03. Uncompress the tar.gz file
    $ tar -zxvf UrduOTFonts.tar.gz
    On uncompress you will get a new directory "UrduOTFonts".

  • Step 04 Make "Fonts" as working directory.
    $ cd ./UrduOTFonts
    Step 05. Login as root.
    $su

  • Step 06. Create a directory /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts/ using following 
    command.
    # mkdir /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts

  • Step 07. Copy the OT font file in /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts/
    # cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts/

  • Step 08. Go to directory /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts/
    # cd /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts

  • Step 09. Create fonts.scale
    # ttmkfdir
    or
    # /usr/sbin/ttmkfdir

  • Step 10. Create fonts.dir
    #mkfontdir

  • Step 11. Add the path to X Font serve path
    # chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts/
    or
    # /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/UrduOTFonts/

  • Step 12. Update font information cache
    # fc-cache

  • Step 13. Logout as root
    # exit