Difference between revisions of "Mint Linux Installing Fonts System-Wide"
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To make the system aware of the new fonts, update the font cache by running the following command: | To make the system aware of the new fonts, update the font cache by running the following command: | ||
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Revision as of 20:15, 5 October 2024
check which fonts are already installed
fc-list
Navigate to /usr/share/fonts
cd /usr/share/fonts
place your downloaded *.otf and *.tff fonts in this directory.
To make the system aware of the new fonts, update the font cache by running the following command:
fc-cache -f -v
As a side note, specific users can have fonts in their home that are not available system wide. They simply place them in ~/.fonts and run 'fc-cache -f -v' as a regular user.
