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This article introduces the knowledge of "how to install new fonts on Ubuntu14.10". In the operation of practical cases, many people will encounter such a dilemma, so let the editor lead you to learn how to deal with these situations. I hope you can read it carefully and be able to achieve something!

Ubuntu comes with many fonts by default. But sometimes you may not be satisfied with these fonts. So what you can do is install extra fonts in Ubuntu 14.04,14.10 or other Linux systems like Linux Mint.

Step 1: get the font

The first and most important step is to download the font of your choice. Now you may be thinking about where to download fonts. Don't worry, Google search can provide you with several free font sites. You can look at the font of Lost Type first. Squirrel is also a good place to download fonts.

Step 2: install new fonts in Ubuntu

The downloaded font file may be a compressed package, unzip it first. The format of most font files is TTF (TrueType font) or OTF (OpenType font). Either way, just double-click the font file. It automatically opens with a font viewer. Here you can see the installation options in the upper right corner.

You will not see any other information when you install the font. After a few seconds, you will see that the status becomes installed. No need to guess, the font has been installed.

After installation, you can see your newly installed fonts in GIMP, Pina and other applications.

Step 2: install several fonts at a time on Linux

I have the right number. This is still the second step, but only an alternative. The way we saw above to install fonts in Ubuntu is good. But there is a small problem. When you have 20 new fonts to install. Double-clicking one by one is cumbersome and troublesome. Don't you think so?

To install several fonts at a time in Ubuntu, the only thing you need to do is create a .fonts folder in your home directory, if it doesn't exist. And copy the extracted TTF and OTF files into this folder.

Enter the home directory in the file manager. Press Ctrl+H to show hidden files in Ubuntu. Right-click to create a folder and name it .fonts. The point here is very important. In Linux, adding a dot to the front of a file means that it is hidden in a normal view.

Alternative:

In addition, you can install a font manager to manage fonts in the graphical user interface. To install the font manager 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 installed fonts and options such as installing new fonts and deleting fonts.

To uninstall the font manager, use the following command: sudo apt-get remove font-manager

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