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How to install BirdFont in Ubuntu

To install BirdFont in Ubuntu

BirdFont is an open source font editor that allows you to create vector graphics and export TTF, EOT and SVG fonts. Installation of Bird Font in Ubuntu is explained in this article.

Installation of BirdFont

First add the birdfont package into repository with the below command.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/birdfont
 BirdFont is a free font editor that lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, EOT &  SVG fonts. It’ s an open-source editor written in Vala, developed by Johan Mattsson.
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Update the added repositories with the update command.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease                                                                        
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease
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Fetched 1,977 kB in 16s (120 kB/s)                                                           
Reading package lists... Done


Now run the below command to install the birdfont package.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install birdfont
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up birdfont (2.10.5-3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...


Type birdfont in the terminal to open the birdfont package.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# birdfont


Home page of Birdfont package will display as shown bleow.

Tag : Bird Font
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daniilvokhmentsev
Dec 20 2017
Excuse me. I can't run BirdFont. birdfont: error while loading shared libraries: libxmlbird.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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FAQ
Q
How to download the BirdFont from officially?
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For download the BirdFont form officially, use the following link as given below "https://birdfont.org/download.php"
Q
Installation completed I don't know how to open them ?
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just type birdfont in command line
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How to completely remove the BirdFont on Ubuntu?
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For uninstalling the BirdFont on Ubutnu, use the following command as given below "apt-get remove birdfont"
Q
Excuse me. I can't run BirdFont. birdfont: error while loading shared libraries: libxmlbird.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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please let me know your ppa got added successfully or it throws some error or what?
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Whether the BirdFont does supports EOT fonts or not?
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Yes, The BirdFont will export TTF, EOT and SVG fonts.