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.