How to Install TrueType Fonts on Ubuntu

Method 1 of 3:

Getting Font Viewer Root Privileges to Install a Font

Open a terminal window
Type "sudo gnome-font-viewer and hit enter (replace with the path to the font file you want to install!)
Enter your user password when prompted
Click "Install". Job done!

Method 2 of 3:

Automatically Install a Single Font

Download a TrueType font. (The file extension will be .ttf.) Unzip your file if necessary.
Double click on the downloaded file. This should open a font-viewer window.
Click Install Font in the lower right-hand corner. Congratulations! Your font has been installed.

Method 3 of 3:

Manually Install Multiple Fonts

Download TrueType fonts. (The file extension will be .ttf or .otf) Unzip your files if necessary.
Move your files to the ~/ Directory. The ~/ Directory is your home folder. This means that if you were logged in as cruddpuppet, the directory would be /home/cruddpuppet/ .
Go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal. This will take you to the terminal.
Type 'cd /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype' without quotes into the command line. This is a directory for user-added fonts in linux.
Type 'sudo mkdir myfonts' without quotes. This will make a directory called 'myfonts' in which to store your fonts. If you're not logged in as root, you will be prompted to provide your password.
Type 'cd myfonts' without quotes. This moves you into the new directory.
Type 'sudo cp ~/fontname.ttf .' without quotes. This moves the TrueType fonts into your new directory. (Alternatively, type 'sudo cp ~/*.ttf .'; the * acts as a wildcard, allowing you to move all your fonts from the ~/ Directory at once.)
Type 'sudo chown root fontname.ttf'(or *.ttf) to change file owner to the root.
Type 'cd ..' and then 'fc-cache' without quotes to add newly-added fonts to system-wide font index, so all applications can see them.

Marvin Fry

Update 04 March 2020

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How to Install TrueType Fonts on Ubuntu

Getting Font Viewer Root Privileges to Install a Font

Automatically Install a Single Font

Manually Install Multiple Fonts

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