How To Add Fonts To Linux

This process will only add fonts to whichever user account is currently being used.

True Type Fonts(TTF) and Open Type Fonts(OTF) will both work.

Create a folder in user directory(~) and name it “.fonts”

$ mkdir ~/.fonts

Now, you can install your fonts by copying them into that folder. They will automagically be accessible to your applications.

To rebuild your font cache, enter at command line:

$ sudo fc-cache -f -v