{"id":5891,"date":"2016-05-20T08:40:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5891"},"modified":"2024-05-14T02:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T02:14:02","slug":"manually-install-fonts-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/manually-install-fonts-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manually Install Fonts in Ubuntu 16.04 (24.04 Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Install<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to install Microsoft fonts, Google web fonts for off-line use, or you just found a favorite font on the web and want to install it in Ubuntu?<\/p>\n

Well here’s how to install the font files (.ttf, .ttc) downloaded from web, Google fonts page<\/a>, or copied from your Windows OS.<\/p>\n

\"Font<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are 4 font files shown in the picture above. In the steps below I’ll show you how to install and use it in Ubuntu Desktop.<\/p>\n

Option 1: Install Fonts for current user only<\/h3>\n

If you want to install the fonts for current user use only, then simply open up a “Files” (file manager) window, press Ctrl+H<\/b> to show hidden folder, and navigate to .local\/share\/fonts<\/b> (create fonts<\/code> sub-folder if not exist).<\/p>\n

Next, drag’n’drop your font files into that directory, or a sub-folder of that directory.<\/p>\n

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Finally, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, and run command to refresh the cache:<\/p>\n

sudo fc-cache -fv<\/pre>\n
Next, your system configuration tool can find and allow you to apply the fonts<\/p>\n
Option 2: Manually install Fonts to system wide use<\/h3>\n
To install fonts for all users use, do the following steps one by one instead.<\/p>\n
1.<\/b> Launch Terminal from start menu, or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard:<\/p>\n
\"ubuntu-terminal\"<\/a><\/p>\n
When it opens, paste following commands and run one by one.<\/p>\n
2.<\/b> In Ubuntu Linux, font files are installed to \/usr\/local\/share\/fonts<\/b> or \/usr\/share\/fonts<\/b>. The former directory is recommended in this case for manual installation.<\/p>\n
First create a sub folder in the font directory, ms_fonts<\/code>, as example:<\/p>\n
sudo mkdir \/usr\/local\/share\/fonts\/ms_fonts<\/span><\/pre>\n
Type in your password when it asks (no visual feedback) and hit Enter.<\/p>\n
3.<\/b> Move all font files from your Downloads directory to the new created folder:<\/p>\n
sudo mv ~\/Downloads\/*.ttc ~\/Downloads\/*.ttf \/usr\/local\/share\/fonts\/ms_fonts<\/span>\/<\/pre>\n
4.<\/b> Set permissions to these files by running the commands below one by one:<\/p>\n
sudo chown root:staff \/usr\/local\/share\/fonts\/ms_fonts<\/span> -R\r\n\r\nsudo chmod 644 \/usr\/local\/share\/fonts\/ms_fonts<\/span>\/* -R\r\n\r\nsudo chmod 755 \/usr\/local\/share\/fonts\/ms_fonts<\/span><\/pre>\n
5.<\/b> Finally builds font information caches for apps using fontconfig for their font handling:<\/p>\n
sudo fc-cache -fv<\/pre>\n
Now you can apply new installed fonts via GNOME Tweaks (available in Ubuntu Software \/ App Center) in default GNOME desktop:<\/p>\n
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For Chrome browser, go to Settings -> Advanced settings-> Web contents -> Customize fonts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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