How to install fonts in unix

Add a new font directory add font to path /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -a /the/fonts/path/
 * fc-cache                   creates fonts.cache1
 * ttmkfdir > fonts.scale     creates fonts.scale
 * mkfontdir                  creates fonts.dir

=Local= Copy the .ttf files to the ~/.fonts directory (~ means home folder). Create this directory if it does not exist.

In a terminal window run: fc-cache

Note that this will enable the fonts only for the user who installed them.

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