Matthias Clasen
matthias.clasen@gmail.com 2012
Jana Svarova
jana.svarova@gmail.com 2013
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com 2013
Petr Kovar
pknbe@volny.cz 2014
Add extra fonts for all users.
Salvatore Cocuzza
info@salvatorecocuzza.it 2025

# Add an extra font for all users

You can install an extra font which will be available to users in applications that use fontconfig for font handling.

# Install an extra font

Copy the font to the /usr/local/share/fonts/ directory to install it.

You may need to run the following command to update the font cache:

    $ fc-cache /usr/local/share/fonts/

You may need to restart running applications to see the changes. User sessions do not need to be restarted.

Alternatively, you can also install fonts in another system directory than /usr/local/share/fonts/ if that directory is listed in the /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file. If it is not, then you need to create your own machine-wide configuration file in /etc/fonts/local.conf containing the directory you want to use. See the fonts-conf(5) man page for more information.

If you are using an alternative directory, remember to specify the directory name when updating the font cache with the fc-cache command:

    $ fc-cache directory_name