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I am trying to use the FiraMono font. I downloaded the .otf files and saved it in the ~/.fonts directory and also ran fc-cache -vf ~/.fonts to update the cache.

Now, when I open elementary tweaks, I don't see it listed in the fonts. What am I missing?

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  • Have you tried sudo fc-cache ...?
    – bigbang
    Jul 22, 2015 at 6:18
  • Yes, I did. Still no luck.
    – sabman
    Jul 22, 2015 at 18:05
  • try the default font viewer and install the font through clicking install
    – Aditya ultra
    Jul 23, 2015 at 13:50

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They should be placed in the following folders

For personal use

TTF files in ~/.local/share/fonts/truetype (old way was ~/.fonts/truetype)

OTF files in ~/.local/share/fonts/type1 (old way was ~/.fonts/type1)

For system wide use

TTF files in /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype

OTF files in /usr/local/share/fonts/type1

Then sudo fc-cache and you should see the fonts.

An alternative way is to place fonts generally in ~/.local/share/fonts/ (old way was ~/.fonts/).

Can you see the new fonts in Libre Office or similar office programs?

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  • I did not have the folders truetype and type1 under /usr/local/share/fonts/. I had to create the type1 folder and copied the otf files there. I did see the type1 and truetype folders in /usr/share/fonts/. I copied the otf files to that location as well. I did sudo fc-cache but still no luck. I do not have any office programs installed to try. Thanks for your response.
    – sabman
    Jul 22, 2015 at 18:00
  • Just installed LibreOffice Writer and I don't see it listed in the fonts either.
    – sabman
    Jul 22, 2015 at 18:12
  • This was perfect, thanks man! One thing I did was also ran sudo fc-cache -fv (i.e. with the f and v options)
    – Jay
    Mar 26, 2016 at 19:14
  • Why do we have button Install when opening font and that says installed after opening font again and we're unable to see the installed fonts in that way?
    – Frankie Drake
    Jun 1, 2017 at 19:04
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TrueType fonts can be installed from file manager - double click the .ttf file, font manager will open, click "install".

To install multiple fonts system wide: ttf files:

$ sudo cp ./yourpath/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

opentype:

sudo cp ./yourpath/*.otf /usr/share/fonts/opentype/

And then:

sudo fc-cache -fv
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I followed the instructions provided here. This is what I did to have it working.

Created the FiraSans directory in /usr/share/fonts/truetype

$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/FiraSans

Moved the ttf font files to that directory and then updated the cache

$ sudo fc-cache -f -v

Initially, I did try with the OTF files and later moved to TTF files. I don't think that made the difference but just FYI.

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