[SOLVED] Deleted fonts folder

[marmaladeskies]

Linux Mint 21.3 GNU x86
Cinnamon 6.0.4
Gnome terminal

Long story cut short. I noticed all the fonts on my spreadsheet were in Arabic/ Asian. The problem was not in the application (Libre Office) but in global system settings (this is a refurbished computer and I guess the previous owners were not English speakers).
So being the neat freak I am, my first impulse - foolishly - was to delete all the foreign fonts (use/share/fonts) in one fell swoop. Bad mistake.
Now all the icons on my desktop are fontless.
I considered using Time shift but obviously I don't know what I'm clicking).

So, my question is how do I install a package of traditional Western fonts. I don't see any package manager listed in my apps.

[Pjotr]

Restore a Timeshift snapshot. Then safely remove most Asian fonts, like this:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... t.html#ID8
(item 8 )

[MiZoG]

I understand there is no timeshift snapshot to revert to. OP just thought of the idea to create one. Did not deliver. Right?
Now if OP deleted everything in /usr/share/fonts, I bet they couldn't even type anything in a terminal any more.
Time to reinstall, marmaladeskies
What language / locale is now in use in DE?

[marmaladeskies]

Restore a Timeshift snapshot. Then safely remove most Asian fonts, like this:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... t.html#ID8
(item 8 )

Time shift is out as I can only make out empty boxes.
However I have access to the terminal - is there a command to create a new fonts folder and import a standard font like Arial?

[marmaladeskies]

I understand there is no timeshift snapshot to revert to. OP just thought of the idea to create one. Did not deliver. Right?
Now if OP deleted everything in /usr/share/fonts, I bet they couldn't even type anything in a terminal any more.
Time to reinstall, marmaladeskies
What language / locale is now in use in DE?

Right on the first part but I do have access to the terminal.
What is DE?
The language settings are English

[MiZoG]

Desktop Environment
Fonts are still cached in RAM but if you did delete everything inside your system font folder I doubt you could use terminal properly
Anyway, open Terminal and execute

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sudo apt reinstall fonts-ubuntu fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-core

to reinstall at least for now the default/core fonts (at least on Cinnamon) until someone comes up with a complete solution.

[marmaladeskies]

Desktop Environment
Fonts are still cached in RAM but if you did delete everything inside your system font folder I doubt you could use terminal properly
Anyway, open Terminal and execute

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sudo apt reinstall fonts-ubuntu fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-core

to reinstall at least for now the default/core fonts (at least on Cinnamon) until someone comes up with a complete solution.

Cinnamon
No it worked perfectly. Now I've got a few basic fonts available. Thank you

[marmaladeskies]

Updated packages and installed core font package:

sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[Moem]

Time shift is out as I can only make out empty boxes.

Not at all. You can even use Timeshift from a live Mint on an USB stick. Provided that you've previously let it make a snapshot, of course.

[sebastjava]

Updated packages and installed core font package:
sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

That's only the Microsoft core fonts. That's not the Linux Mint and Ubuntu core fonts...