usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1 /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/local/share/fontsĪs you can see, directories that are scanned for font files are declared using the tag. The directories where the fonts should be installed are declared in the /etc/fonts/nf configuration file: On Linux-based operating systems, fonts are managed via the fontconfig library. $ – requires given linux-commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user # – requires given linux-commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Usedįontconfig, GNOME fonts or KFontView for graphical fonts installation How to install and manage fonts on Linux Software requirements and conventions used Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions Category How to get the list of installed fonts with fc-list.How to generate and update the fonts cache.How fonts are configured via the fontconfig library.In this tutorial we see how to perform such operation, and, more generally, how fonts are managed on Linux. Sometimes, however, we may want to install some fonts manually. On the most commonly used Linux-based distributions, there are many packaged fonts which can be installed using the native package manager. Fonts are a really important part of the user experience.
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