{"id":33027,"date":"2020-12-01T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33027"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:52:55","slug":"font-manager-supports-google-web-fonts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/font-manager-supports-google-web-fonts\/","title":{"rendered":"Font Manager Now Supports Downloading &#038; Installing Google Web Fonts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33028\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/font-manager-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to install Google Fonts in Ubuntu? The GTK+ Font Manager now adds support for Google Fonts integration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fontmanager.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Font Manager<\/a> is a simple font management tool for GTK+ desktop environment. By releasing version 0.8.0, it adds support for downloading and managing Google Web Fonts, so that you can use Google Fonts for off-line use on your desktop.<\/p>\n<p>Font Manager 0.8 changelog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix FTBFS with Vala 0.50+<\/li>\n<li>Add Google Fonts integration via G button on header bar.<\/li>\n<li>Require WebKitGtk and libsoup<\/li>\n<li>Allow saving compare lists contents<\/li>\n<li>Add GNOME Shell search provider<\/li>\n<li>Update Unicode data to 13.0<\/li>\n<li>Update vendor data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33029\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fontmanager-googlefonts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fontmanager-googlefonts.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fontmanager-googlefonts-450x262.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Font Manager 0.8.0 in Ubuntu 20.04:<\/h3>\n<p>The software has an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~font-manager\/+archive\/ubuntu\/staging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official staging PPA<\/a> contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 20.10.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open <code style=\"border: none;\">terminal<\/code> from your system application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:font-manager\/staging<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33030\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/font-manager-ppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/font-manager-ppa.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/font-manager-ppa-450x104.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade the font manager, if an old version was installed, via Software Updater. Or run command in terminal to install it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install font-manager<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33031\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/apt-font-manager.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/apt-font-manager.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/apt-font-manager-450x198.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Font Manager<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, either go to Software &amp; Updates -&gt; Other Software tab, or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:font-manager\/staging<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the font manager if you want via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove font-manager font-manager-common<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to install Google Fonts in Ubuntu? 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