[XeTeX] (Off-topic ?) Installing OpenType fonts on linux

[Neal Becker]

On Friday 07 March 2008, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got a bunch of OpenType fonts from Adobe, and of course I'd like to
> use them with XeTeX. As I understand, XeTeX can use OpenType form the
> operating system, but the point is, I don't know how ton install fonts in
> my OS (Debian GNU/Linux). Of course everything on Adobe's CD-ROM about
> installation is only for MacOs or Windows.
>
> I know this question isn't strictly related to XeTeX, but can anyone give
> me some good hints (url for howtos, name of useful software, etc.) about
> installing fonts on Linux ? And then how to name this fonts on XeTeX, and
> how to know which OpenType features are available for a given font ?
>
> Thanks !
>
> Manuel.
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I believe all you need to do is put them in ~/.fonts.  Done.