How to install fonts

vinoman

How do you install fonts? is there a .font folder?

just

There are two font folders:

~/.local/share/fonts - for user-level fonts
/usr/share/fonts - for system-wide fonts

Copy additional font(s) into any of two. Fonts may be contained in their own sub-folders. Directory structure of two font folders doesn't matter.

After adding new font(s) remember to rebuild font cache:

fc-cache -frv

synth-ruiner

I'd recommend installing font-manager, you can install and view fonts with it 🙂

simzie

synth-ruiner as a new user, i would like to have such a basic tool allready be part of Solus..

But thank you for your answer. I installed it and added my fonts in less than 3 seconds.

vinoman

Thank you!

just

vinoman You're welcome. One more thing. Those are two folders with fonts used in X and Wayland graphical sessions.

Fonts used in text virtual terminals - VTs, TTYs, Ctl+Alt+F1,2,3... - are kept by Solus in the /usr/share/consolefonts folder. They are treated and used completely differently from fonts for GUI, but I assume the OP question wasn't about VT fonts.

DataDrake

simzie i would like to have such a basic tool allready be part of Solus..

Most people never add fonts to their system. We don't install default software that the majority of people won't use.

brent

For work I need the 3rdParty mscorefonts (times new roman), so I appreciate Solus packaging these, thank you. I think that package might be the exception for many (regarding independent font installation.)

DataDrake Most people never add fonts to their system. We don't install default software that the majority of people won't use.

Stezzbruh

DataDrake a font manager is something i expect shipped even if the majority of people won't use it. cause content creators like myself use multiple different fonts for our thumbnails e.t.c and solus has advertised for being for content creators also and we don't want to have to search how to install a font. we just want to install the font and continue with out work.

YuriTheHenrique

As an alternative to manual downloading and installing fonts, if you don't mind using flatpak, I recommend Font Downloader, it is very usefull, but the source is limited to Google Fonts, if you want do download from your preferred site, it is not available here.
FontDownloader on Flathub

downhill

YuriTheHenrique Why do that when font-manager is available in the Solus repos?

YuriTheHenrique

downhill font-manager manages system and user fonts, you can install fonts downloaded from the web, but does not download and install fonts with a single click, it is a bit faster to search the font name and click install.

kyrios

Stezzbruh As content creator, all the software you need are not pre-installed however you don't complain about them not being preinstalled. Also all content creators don't have the same needs (a musician probably does not care about a font manager, however (s)he is a content creator too).

Try to impose what you want knowing most users won't need it is very selfish. Do you imagine the chaos it would be if everyone act this way? "As a gamer I expect to have this and that preinstalled" and me as a coder I want to have this out of the box, etc.