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How to install Typecatcher in Ubuntu

To install Typecatcher in Ubuntu

TypeCatcher is an open-source tool which is used for downloading the Google fonts for offline usage. It contains more than 600 fonts in its databases, which includes several popular fonts like Cantarell (Gnome), Oxygen (KDE) or Roboto (Android).


To install Typecatcher

The first step is to add the repository to the system. Use the following command for the same purpose.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:andrewsomething/typecatcher
 TypeCatcher allows you to search, browse, and download Google webfonts for off-line use. You can preview fonts with adjustable size and text.
https://launchpad.net/typecatcher
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~andrewsomething/+archive/ubuntu/typecatcher
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpi94znjnc/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpi94znjnc/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 6F087E5A from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpi94znjnc/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 6F087E5A: public key " Launchpad PPA for Andrew Starr-Bochicchio"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Once the repository is added, run the apt-get update command to update the local repository index.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get update
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                 
&hellip 
&hellip 
&hellip 
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_IN           
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_IN             
Fetched 6,402 kB in 44s (142 kB/s)                                             
Reading package lists... Done

Now is the time to install typecatcher by running the following command. 

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get install typecatcher
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
&hellip 
&hellip 
&hellip 
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up typecatcher (0.2-1) ...

To open Typecatcher, run the following command. 

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# typecatcher


TypeCatcher tool looks as follows.

You can select a font from the list and click on the download icon to download it.

A green tick mark appears on the right side to acknowledge the completion of the Font installation.

Increase or decrease your font preview size as follows.

Click on the bin icon to uninstall fonts.

Tag : Ubuntu
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how to select a font in typecatcher application?
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You can select a font from the list and click on the download icon to download it.
A green tick mark appears on the right side to acknowledge the completion of the Font installation.
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what command to open the typecatcher in ubuntu?
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open the typecatcher in ubuntu by following command
# typecatcher
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which command to install Typecatcher after adding the repo?
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install typecatcher by running the following command.
# apt-get install typecatcher
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how to provide the stable repository install Typecatcher in Ubuntu?
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provide the stable repository for install Typecatcher in Ubuntu by following command
#add-apt-repository ppa:andrewsomething/typecatcher"