How to install a new font on Ubuntu 14.x

Ubuntu has many fonts by default. But sometimes you may not be satisfied with these fonts. Therefore, you can install additional fonts on Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10, or other Linux systems such as Linux Mint.

Step 1: Get the font

The first and most important step is to download the selected font. Now you may be wondering where to download the font. Don't worry. Google search can provide you with several free font websites. You can check the Lost Type font first. Squirrel is also a good place to download fonts.

Step 2: install a new font in Ubuntu

The downloaded font file may be a compressed package. Decompress it first. Most font files are in TTF (TrueType font) or OTF (OpenType font) format ). Either way, double-click the font file. It is automatically opened in the font viewer. You can see the installation options in the upper right corner.

 

 

No additional information is displayed when the font is installed. A few seconds later, you will see the status changed to installed. You don't have to guess. The font has been installed.

 

 

After the installation is complete, you can see the newly installed font in applications such as GIMP and Pina.

Step 3: Install several fonts on Linux

I did not make a mistake. This is still the second step, but it is only an alternative. We have seen that the method for installing fonts in Ubuntu is good. But there is a small problem. When you have 20 new fonts to install. Double-click is cumbersome and troublesome. Don't you think so?

To install several fonts at a time in Ubuntu, you must create a. fonts folder in your home directory if it does not exist. Copy the decompressed TTF and OTF files to this folder.

Go to the home directory in the file manager. Press Ctrl + H to display the hidden files in Ubuntu. Right-click a folder and name it. fonts. The point here is very important. In Linux, adding vertices to the front of a file means hiding them in common views.

Options:

In addition, you can install the font management program to manage fonts on the graphic user interface. To install the font management program in Ubuntu, open the terminal and enter the following command:

Sudo apt-get install font-manager

Open the font manager from Unity Dash. Here you can see the installed font, installed new font, delete font and other options.

 

 

To uninstall the Font Manager, run the following command:

Sudo apt-get remove font-manager

I hope this article will help you install fonts on Ubuntu or other Linux systems.