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And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

2 Kings 19:14 (KJV)

local fonts

Install a font (or several) or font family (or several) to your account

Install font(s) to your account only


Method 1: GUI
Often fonts are zipped. Once downloaded, simply right-click and select Extract Here from the drop-down menu.

Extract Here


Open Font Manager at Menu > Accessories > Font Manager

Menu > Accessories > Font Manager


Click the [+] button to Add Fonts

Add Fonts


Navigate to the extracted file / folder

Navigate to the extracted file / folder


Navigate to the font(s) you’d like to install. Select a single font with a mouse click. Ctrl + Click to select multiple fonts. Shift + Click to select several fonts in a row. Crtl + A to select all fonts within a folder. Then click [Open].

Select font(s), then click [Open]


Install Google font(s) to your account by clicking the [G] button

Google Font button


Search and sort and download individual fonts or font families

Texturina


Fonts are immediately installed and available

Raleway and Texturina
Raleway available from theleagueofmoveabletype. Texturina available from Google Fonts.

Method 2: Command-Line
Often fonts are zipped. Once downloaded, go to Downloads and unzip the archive
Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
unzip ~/Downloads/kjv1611.zip

Unzip font


If you’ve never installed a font locally, you’ll need to create the local (user’s) font folder
mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts

Make local fonts folder


Then move the font to the local (user’s) font folder
sudo mv /home/username/KJV1611.otf /home/username/.local/share/fonts/

Move font to local fonts folder


Refresh the fonts cache
sudo fc-cache -f -v

Refresh the fonts cache


The font is available for use

KJV1611 font in use
KJV1611 available from 1001 Fonts

fonts

To install a font (or several) or font family (or several) for all users, move or copy the font(s) / folder(s) to the system fonts folder at /usr/share/fonts There are other folders inside the fonts folder but you can create your own and / or organize it however you see fit.

System Fonts Folder at /usr/share/fonts


Method 1: GUI
Often fonts are zipped. Once downloaded, simply right-click and select Extract Here from the drop-down menu.

Extract the archived font family


Select the font(s) / folder(s) and Cut [Ctrl]+[X]

Select the font(s) / folder(s)

Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
pkexec thunar
This opens the File Manager (Thunar) as root

pkexec thunar


Provide your password and hit the [Enter] key (or click the [Authenticate] button)

Authenticate


Click the File System icon in the left pane and navigate to /usr/share/fonts or navigate further to the appropriate folder (and / or create a new folder)

Navigate to /usr/share/fonts


Double-click the folder, and Paste

Paste


The newly added font is now available for all users

The newly added font is now available for all users
OpenDyslexic available from https://opendyslexic.org/


Method 2: Command-Line
Often fonts are zipped. Once downloaded, go to Downloads and unzip the archive
Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
unzip ~/Downloads/LeagueGothic-1.601.zip

unzip font


Copy the OTF folder, paste it in the opentype folder and change the name to LeagueGothic
sudo cp -r /home/username/Downloads/LeagueGothic-1.601/static/OTF /usr/share/fonts/opentype/LeagueGothic

Copy the folder, paste it in opentype and change the name


Refresh the fonts cache
sudo fc-cache -f -v

Refresh the fonts cache


The newly added font is now available for all users

LeagueGothic in BibleDesktop
LeagueGothic available from theleagueofmoveabletype

RECOMMENDED FONT SOURCES 1001 Fonts, DaFont, Canva, Font Library, Font Squirrel, Fontesk, Google Fonts and The League of Moveable Type