apt-get
, search for packages starting with otf- or ttf-..fonts
directory of your home folder will automatically be available. You can also place them in the ~/.local/share/fonts
directory on newer versions of Ubuntu per the comments below./usr/local/share/fonts
and reboot (or manually rebuild the font cache with fc-cache -f -v
).fc-list | grep '<name-of-font>'
/usr/local/share/fonts
instead of /usr/share/fonts
to reflect comments and best practice./usr/local/share/fonts
or a subfolder (such as /usr/local/share/fonts/TTF
) and then run sudo fc-cache -fv
. There are some graphical programs you can install to make this easier, but I've never felt the need to try any of them. The Ubuntu wiki page on Fonts here may be of help too..fonts
in your home directory (if you don't already have one), drop the font file in there, run Gimp, job done. Tarzan games download free..fonts
and other ‘hidden’ folders in your home, if you haven't already.).fonts
in your home directory, you may need to run fc-cache -rv
(notsudo
) in order to cache fonts in your home directory as well.fontmatrix
that can help install and manage fonts on Ubuntu. To quote the introduction on the website:~.fonts
(see bobince's answer) and FontMatrix (what nhandler shows you), there is also another font manager aptly named Font Manager (install Ubuntu package for 10.10, or download package for 10.04 and maybe older versions) that is quite lightweight (and has a Gtk GUI)./usr/share/fonts/
— fonts for all users ~/.local/share/fonts/
— fonts for particular user