Information about the package, google-droid-serif-fonts, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The google-droid-serif-fonts package is designed for, A contemporary serif typeface.
Package Name:
google-droid-serif-fonts
Summary:
A contemporary serif typeface
Description:
The Droid typeface family was designed in the fall of 2006 by Ascender's Steve Matteson, as a commission from Google to create a set of system fonts for its Android platform. The goal was to provide optimal quality and comfort on a mobile handset when rendered in application menus, web browsers and for other screen text. Droid Serif is a contemporary serif typeface family designed for comfortable reading on screen. Droid Serif is slightly condensed to maximize the amount of text displayed on small screens. Vertical stress and open forms contribute to its readability while its proportion and overall design complement its companion Droid Sans.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
20100409
Release:
1.el6
Size:
339 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the google-droid-serif-fonts package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will install google-droid-serif-fonts on the server.
yum remove google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will un-install google-droid-serif-fonts on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove google-droid-serif-fonts, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will un-install google-droid-serif-fonts on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove google-droid-serif-fonts when using the -y flag.
yum update google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will update google-droid-serif-fonts to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove google-droid-serif-fonts, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will update google-droid-serif-fonts to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove google-droid-serif-fonts when using the -y flag.
yum info google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will show you core information about the google-droid-serif-fonts package.
yum deplist google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will show you the dependencies for google-droid-serif-fonts. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update google-droid-serif-fonts
This command will check if there is an update waiting on google-droid-serif-fonts. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.