Last updated on September 22, 2015

Installing/Using System Fonts (Edge 300/340)

Introduction

This guide will show you the steps to install and use system fonts on the Edge 300 or 340.

Prerequisites

• The font file in .ttf or .otf format
• Root/admin credentials for the device (Edge 300 or 340)
• A PC within the same network to access the device(s)
• USB flash drive (FAT32 format)

Installing and Using System Fonts on Edge 300

1. Attach a USB flash drive into one of the USB ports on the device and SSH into the device using PuTTy (on a Windows PC) or Terminal (on a Mac). Input the root password = cisco.

   ssh root@(device IP address)
   root@(device Ip address)'s password: cisco
   

   
   

2. Key in blkid to find the block ID of the USB flash drive by looking for the LABEL of the USB flash drive.

   
   
   

3. Mount the USB flash drive to /tmp/mnt. (Create /tmp/mnt by typing in mkdir /tmp/mnt if it does not exist).

   # mount dev/sdb1 /tmp/mnt
   

   
   

4. Locate the font file on the USB flash drive and copy the font file to /.fonts.

   # cp amerd.tff /.fonts
   

   
   

5. Install the font.

   # fc-cache
   # su user -c "fc-cache"
   

   
   

6. Check if the font has been successfully installed by listing all installed system fonts.

   # fc-list
   

   
   

7. To utilize the installed font, open the plain text widget’s properties and set the font to the name of the font installed.

   
   
   

8. Allow the player to update changes.

   
   
   

9. Reboot the device either from Putty or Terminal.

   # reboot
   

   
   

10. The new icons will be displayed on the player.

    
    
    

Installing and Using System Fonts on Edge 340

1. Attach a USB flash drive into one of the USB ports on the device and SSH into the device using PuTTy (on a Windows PC) or Terminal (on a Mac). Input the root password = aDMIN123#.

   ssh root@(device IP address)
   root@(device Ip address)'s password: aDMIN123#
   

   
   

2. Key in blkid to find the block ID of the USB flash drive by looking for the LABEL of the USB flash drive.

   
   
   

3. Mount the USB flash drive to /tmp/mnt. (Create /tmp/mnt by typing in mkdir /tmp/mnt if it does not exist).

   # mount dev/sdb1 /tmp/mnt
   

   
   

4. Locate the font file on the USB flash drive and copy the font file to ~/.fonts. (Create the folder by typing in “sudo mkdir -p .fonts” or “sudo mkdir -p ~/.fonts” if it does not exist).

   # cp amerd.tff /usr/share/fonts
   

   
   

5. Install the font.

   # fc-cache
   # su user -c "fc-cache"
   

   
   

6. Check if the font has been successfully installed by listing all installed system fonts.

   # fc-list
   

   
   

7. To utilize the installed font, open the plain text widget’s properties and set the font to the name of the font installed.

   
   
   

8. Allow the player to update changes.

   
   
   

9. Reboot the device either from Putty or Terminal.

   # reboot
   

   
   

10. The new icons will be displayed on the player.