Do you dig the Google Droid font that is used by the Google Android OS?

One thing not too many people have yet been raving over is the lovely set of typefaces from Ascender Fonts known as the Droid family.

Hidden away into the down-loadable SDK's emulator is system.img which contains various binary files including these new fonts. Being that the image is almost certainly in Linux ext format and I found no easy way of mounting it in Mac OS X or Windows I was rather pleased when I found a simple deb package to install the fonts with ease.

In this article we will walk you through installing the Droid font on your Linux Desktop.



Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty”

$ sudo aptitude install ttf-droid

Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid”

Download ttf-droid package:
$ wget http://www.omgirc.com/files/ttf-droid_1.00~b112+dfsg-0ubuntu1_all.deb

Install the ttf-droid package:

If you downloaded it to your desktop, simply double click and install.

If you followed the command line, simply run:

$ sudo dpkg -i ttf-droid_1.00~b112+dfsg-0ubuntu1_all.deb

Change the font used:

Browse to:

System -> Preferences -> Appearance

Then select the Fonts Tab.

Change the font used to the Droid font of your choice.

Enjoy!

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