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[[adding-new-fonts-as-user]]
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= Adding new fonts as a user
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When you do not have superuser access to install fonts on the system level, or you only need to install a font that will be available to your user account only, there are two methods to do it.
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[[adding-new-local-fonts-with-gfv]]
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== Adding new local fonts with the Gnome Font Viewer
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The *Gnome Font Viewer* is an application to display the fonts installed on the system. It also allows you to locally install fonts. To add a new font file with *Gnome Font Viewer*:
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[discrete]
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=== Before you start
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* Make sure you have installed the `gnome-font-viewer` package.
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[discrete]
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=== Procedure
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. Open a file manager.
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. Double-click on a font file to open it in the *Gnome Font Viewer*.
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. Click on the blue btn:[Install] button on the top bar.
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[NOTE]
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Currently, there is a bug in the application. When you click on the btn:[Install] button, it does not inform whether the installation succeeded.
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====
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[discrete]
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=== More information
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* *Gnome Font Viewer* copies the font files to a font directory in the current user's directory `.local/share/fonts` and updates the font cache.
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[[adding-new-local-fonts-manually]]
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== Adding new local fonts manually
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If you do not want to use any tools to add new fonts, you can do it manually. Copy the font files in the `.fonts` directory placed in the user's directory and update the font cache.
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[discrete]
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=== Before you start
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* If it does not exist, create a `.fonts` directory in your user's home directory.
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=== Procedure
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. In the `.local/share/fonts` directory, create a new directory to place your fonts files.
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$ mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts/robofont
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. Copy the font file into the newly created directory.
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$ cp robofont.ttf ~/.local/share/fonts/robofont
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. Update the font cache.
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$ fc-cache -v
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