You may need to restart some programs, like OpenOffice Writer, before they actually show the new fonts (usually such programs are caching the font list when they start up).Įdit: Changed advice to manually install into /usr/local/share/fonts instead of /usr/share/fonts to reflect comments and best practice. You can confirm they are installed correctly by running fc-list | grep '' If you need the fonts to be available system-wide, you'll need to copy them to /usr/local/share/fonts and reboot (or manually rebuild the font cache with fc-cache -f -v). Then if you’re on a mac what you do is add the file to your font book (application on mac, open zip file, drag and drop should work fine) Then you close gimp and open it up, and voila It should appear in your sidebar or if you start typing in the name (case sensitive). You can also double-click on the font file (or select Open with Font Viewer in the right-click menu).
You can also place them in the ~/.local/share/fonts directory on newer versions of Ubuntu per the comments below. fonts directory of your home folder will automatically be available (but /etc/fonts/nf indicates it will be removed soon.). If you prefer apt-get, search for packages starting with otf- or ttf-.įont files that are placed in the hidden.
Many fonts are packaged for Ubuntu and available via the 'Fonts' category of the Ubuntu Software Center.
