[Ilugc] install font in gimp

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 21:49 -0700, ராஜ பாண்டி wrote:
> >           i am now using gimp to create a poster.for that i need
> some fancy
> > fonts . from where i can get those  font ?? and how to install to
> use it in
> > gimp???
> 
> Just search for fonts in net and download the fonts folder and place
> it at /usr/share/fonts. The next time when you open GIMP the fonts
> will be available for you. 

are you not supposed to run some utility to make the fonts available?
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KG
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