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These days Linux distributions comes with different desktop flavors,and those different desktop environments contain different applications for this.

To install a font, first download it in

  • TrueType (.ttf),
  • PostScript Type 1 (.pfb + .pfm), or
  • OpenType (.otf) format.
  • You can then double-click the font to preview it.
  • On Ubuntu or other GNOME-based Linux distribution, GNOME Font Viewer will appear.
  • Click the Install button to install the font.font-installation-in-linux1

You can install fonts manually and even install multiple fonts at onceby placing them in your user account’s .fonts directory.

  • Open your Home directory in a file manager.
  • In Nautilus, click View > Show Hidden Files to view hidden folders.
  • Locate the .fonts folder and double-click it.
  • If it doesn’t exist, right-click in your home directory
  • Create a new folder and name it .fonts.
  • Place font in this directory to install for your user account.font-installation-in-linux1

You will need to update your font cache before fonts you place in this folder are available in application. On the terminal and run the fc-cache command.font-installation-in-linux

Uninstall

  • open the .fonts folder in your home directory
  • Delete the font files from there.
  • If you added the font with GNOME Font Viewer browse to the .local/share/fonts directory in your home
  • Run the fc-cache command later to unregister the fonts from the system.font-installation-in-linux1

 

  • http://blog.redbranch.net Jonny McCullagh

    I was under the impression that using the .fonts directory was deprecated. It is still the method I use personally but I do get warnings sometimes when running programs from the command line.

    • http://www.dreamsansar.com/ Dream Sansar

      Can you paste the error pls.

      • http://blog.redbranch.net Jonny McCullagh

        Fontconfig warning: “/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf”, line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.

  • ptaav

    This is an amazing bit of information!!! WOW!!! Open the font using the default program? Then click on install? Never would have known!!!