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.
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.
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.
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.
