I've been a fan of Monaco when I was a Windows user I would like to know if there's a free open alternative to that font (and possibly available in Synaptic Package Manger).
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If you have a copy of the font you could just install it manually...
press alt+F2 (Run Application) then type: gksudo nautilus /usr/share/fonts/truetype to open the proper directory as superuser, create a new directory there & put whatever fonts you have in. After that you'll need to rebuild the font directory, to do that hit alt+F2 again & check off 'Run in Terminal' and enter: sudo fc-cache -f -v Once that's done running you should be good to go.
Identifont offers alternatives to any font you're looking for too, so check out : http://www.identifont.com/similar?1O2 the list of similar fonts is on the left.
Looks like you can also get monaco free at: http://www.fonts101.com/fonts/view/Uncategorized/51239/Monaco.aspx
JKirchartz
2010-08-07 15:29:21