font viewer returns "failed" on installing of already existing font instead of "already installed" or something

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Thank you for your bug report, what ubuntu version do you use? Could you take a screenshot showing the issue?

The latest version available at that moment. I'll check if this bug still
exists.

Yes, it isn't fixed till now. I've captured screen video, you may see it
here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3ed8d2ff2904560e0c814df2efeadc50e04e75f6e8ebb871

This bug still seems to be not fixed. Is that correct?

That is correct. It's still not fixed as of Ubuntu Precise will all updates to this day.

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I'm experiencing the same too. I also noticed that there is no .fonts directory in my home. Maybe it's since I've never successfully installed a font.

Still experiencing?

Bug still exists on Font Viewer 3.6.0, Ubuntu 12.10

I am experiencing this too but I have some further insight into the problem:

As mentioned, gnome-font-viewer fails to install a font if it is already installed. But it ONLY fails if the filename is the same.

In fact, the application fails to install if you try to install ANY font having the same filename as a previously-installed font!

It makes no attempt to determine whether the same font is actually installed. It just blindly copies the file to the ~/.fonts directory when you click "Install".

Steps to reproduce:
1. Clean out your ~/.fonts directory (or not, but might as well)
2. Use gnome-font-viewer to Install a font from a file, perhaps 'webfont.ttf'
3. Try to repeat step 2

Expected behavior:
It should check the (internal) font name, say "Arial". If "Arial" is already installed (from any filename), it should say so. If not, it should allow a user to install the font.

If the font really isn't installed yet, it should automatically rename conflicting files via a standard "append counter" sort of conflict resolution algorithm. That is, if a file called 'webfont.ttf' is already installed (but the enclosed font is not), the newly-installed font should be stored in 'webfont1.ttf', or 'webfont-2.ttf', or something along those lines.