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[dmiranda <dmiranda@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ubuntu  needs a simple way to install fonts. gnome-font-viewer was a
simple and nice solution.

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Title:
  gnome-font-viewer missing in oneiric

Status in “gnome-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  So is gnome-thumbnail-font...

  Here is a workaround.

  Download the 2.32 Natty version:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/i386/gnome-control-center/1:2.32.1-0ubuntu15

  Extract the content.

  Go to gnome-control-center_2.32.1-0ubuntu15_i386/usr/bin and copy
  `gnome-font-viewer` and `gnome-thumbnail-font` to your /usr/bin
  directory.

  To make the font viewer system wide, run in terminal:

      gksu gedit /usr/share/applications/gnome-font-viewer-mime.desktop

  Copy, paste and save this into the empty file:

      [Desktop Entry]
      Version=1.0
      Encoding=UTF-8
      Type=Application
      Name=gnome-font-viewer
      Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer
      NoDisplay=true
      MimeType=application/x-font-otf;application/x-font-pcf;application/x-font-ttf;application/x-font-type1;

  Run in terminal:

      gksu gedit /etc/gnome/defaults.list

  Copy, paste and add this to the bottom of the file:

      application/x-font-pcf=gnome-font-viewer-mime.desktop
      application/x-font-ttf=gnome-font-viewer-mime.desktop
      application/x-font-type1=gnome-font-viewer-mime.desktop
      application/x-font-otf=gnome-font-viewer-mime.desktop

  To enable fonts thumbnails, run in terminal:

      gksu gedit /usr/share/thumbnailers/gnome-font.thumbnailer

  Copy, paste and save this into the empty file:

      [Thumbnailer Entry]
      TryExec=/usr/bin/gnome-thumbnail-font
      Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-thumbnail-font -s %s %u %o
      MimeType=application/x-font-otf;application/x-font-pcf;application/x-font-ttf;application/x-font-type1;

  Quit all instances of Nautilus (nautilus -q)

  Now it should be working ;-)

  Sources:
  http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=22517
  http://returnfalse.net/log/gnome-3-and-nautilus-video-thumbnails-with-ffmpegthumbnailer/

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