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title: Updating X11 Fontcache
layout: default
created: 2008-08-15 11:14:03 +0200
updated: 2008-08-15 11:14:03 +0200
toc: false
tags:
  - know-how
  - software
  - linux
  - fonts
---
After adding some fonts to the `/usr/share/fonts` directories, you have to re-login to see the added fonts. To update
the fontcache without a log-cycle, use the following command:

    sudo fc-cache -fv
Added various pages. 2015-03-29 20:32:35 +01:00			`---`
			`title: Updating X11 Fontcache`
			`layout: default`
			`created: 2008-08-15 11:14:03 +0200`
			`updated: 2008-08-15 11:14:03 +0200`
			`toc: false`
			`tags:`
			`- know-how`
			`- software`
			`- linux`
			`- fonts`
			`---`
Fixed backticks. 2015-03-29 21:05:46 +01:00			After adding some fonts to the `/usr/share/fonts` directories, you have to re-login to see the added fonts. To update
Added various pages. 2015-03-29 20:32:35 +01:00			`the fontcache without a log-cycle, use the following command:`

			`sudo fc-cache -fv`