gnome-specimen replacement

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It appears that the font preview tool gnome-specimen has been removed from 18.04. A quick search makes it look like it is outdated. Are there an replacement packages that I can use instead? Kfontview is present, but that would require me to pull the entire plasma desktop:




Command kfontview not found, but can be installed with:



sudo apt install plasma-desktop



I am not happy to do install another DE (currently using Xfce). I have disk space, but I want to save time when upgradeing packages 2 DEs => more upgrades to install.







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    It appears that the font preview tool gnome-specimen has been removed from 18.04. A quick search makes it look like it is outdated. Are there an replacement packages that I can use instead? Kfontview is present, but that would require me to pull the entire plasma desktop:




    Command kfontview not found, but can be installed with:



    sudo apt install plasma-desktop



    I am not happy to do install another DE (currently using Xfce). I have disk space, but I want to save time when upgradeing packages 2 DEs => more upgrades to install.







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      It appears that the font preview tool gnome-specimen has been removed from 18.04. A quick search makes it look like it is outdated. Are there an replacement packages that I can use instead? Kfontview is present, but that would require me to pull the entire plasma desktop:




      Command kfontview not found, but can be installed with:



      sudo apt install plasma-desktop



      I am not happy to do install another DE (currently using Xfce). I have disk space, but I want to save time when upgradeing packages 2 DEs => more upgrades to install.







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      It appears that the font preview tool gnome-specimen has been removed from 18.04. A quick search makes it look like it is outdated. Are there an replacement packages that I can use instead? Kfontview is present, but that would require me to pull the entire plasma desktop:




      Command kfontview not found, but can be installed with:



      sudo apt install plasma-desktop



      I am not happy to do install another DE (currently using Xfce). I have disk space, but I want to save time when upgradeing packages 2 DEs => more upgrades to install.









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          On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can use any tool from list below:




          • GNOME Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install gnome-font-viewer 



          • GTK+ Font Manager



            sudo apt-get install font-manager


            You can launch it with font-manager, it looks like:



            <code>font-manager</code>




          • GWaterfall



            sudo apt-get install gwaterfall


            You can launch it with waterfall, it looks like:



            GWaterfall




          • MATE Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install mate-control-center


            You can launch it with mate-font-viewer, it looks like:



            enter image description here







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            As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
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            Jun 7 at 5:25










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          On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can use any tool from list below:




          • GNOME Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install gnome-font-viewer 



          • GTK+ Font Manager



            sudo apt-get install font-manager


            You can launch it with font-manager, it looks like:



            <code>font-manager</code>




          • GWaterfall



            sudo apt-get install gwaterfall


            You can launch it with waterfall, it looks like:



            GWaterfall




          • MATE Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install mate-control-center


            You can launch it with mate-font-viewer, it looks like:



            enter image description here







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            As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
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            Jun 7 at 5:25














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          On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can use any tool from list below:




          • GNOME Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install gnome-font-viewer 



          • GTK+ Font Manager



            sudo apt-get install font-manager


            You can launch it with font-manager, it looks like:



            <code>font-manager</code>




          • GWaterfall



            sudo apt-get install gwaterfall


            You can launch it with waterfall, it looks like:



            GWaterfall




          • MATE Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install mate-control-center


            You can launch it with mate-font-viewer, it looks like:



            enter image description here







          share|improve this answer



















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            As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
            – user877329
            Jun 7 at 5:25












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          up vote
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          On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can use any tool from list below:




          • GNOME Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install gnome-font-viewer 



          • GTK+ Font Manager



            sudo apt-get install font-manager


            You can launch it with font-manager, it looks like:



            <code>font-manager</code>




          • GWaterfall



            sudo apt-get install gwaterfall


            You can launch it with waterfall, it looks like:



            GWaterfall




          • MATE Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install mate-control-center


            You can launch it with mate-font-viewer, it looks like:



            enter image description here







          share|improve this answer















          On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can use any tool from list below:




          • GNOME Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install gnome-font-viewer 



          • GTK+ Font Manager



            sudo apt-get install font-manager


            You can launch it with font-manager, it looks like:



            <code>font-manager</code>




          • GWaterfall



            sudo apt-get install gwaterfall


            You can launch it with waterfall, it looks like:



            GWaterfall




          • MATE Font Viewer



            sudo apt-get install mate-control-center


            You can launch it with mate-font-viewer, it looks like:



            enter image description here








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          answered Jun 3 at 17:43









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            As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
            – user877329
            Jun 7 at 5:25












          • 1




            As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
            – user877329
            Jun 7 at 5:25







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          As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
          – user877329
          Jun 7 at 5:25




          As feedback (for future development, default install etc), I like GTK+ font manager best. It has good and well-exposed features.
          – user877329
          Jun 7 at 5:25












           

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