If invoked without any argument, the utility re-scans all configured directories: $ fc-cache To make the directories where fonts are stored re-scanned, and the font cache be re-created (typically we want to do this after we install a new font), we can use the fc-cache utility. Included in the fontconfig package come some utilities which let us easily perform useful operations like re-generating the fonts cache or listing the installed fonts. Per user configurations can also be created: Custom settings, instead, should be put in the /etc/fonts/nf file, which should be created, if it doesn’t exist. This system-wide configuration file should not be modified in place, since it could be overwritten by future system updates. Finally, if the value of prefix is relative the passed directory is prefixed by the path of the directory containing the configuration file. The prefix attribute can also be set to default or cwd: in those cases the current working directory is used as prefix. In the following line, for example, the prefix attribute has the xdg value this means that the passed directory will be prefixed by of XDG_DATA_HOME variable: fonts The prefix attribute of the tag, can be used to automatically prefix the passed directory with a certain prefix. The following directories are set by default: usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1 /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/local/share/fontsĪs you can see, directories that are scanned for font files are declared using the tag. The directories where the fonts should be installed are declared in the /etc/fonts/nf configuration file: On Linux-based operating systems, fonts are managed via the fontconfig library. $ – requires given linux-commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user # – requires given linux-commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Usedįontconfig, GNOME fonts or KFontView for graphical fonts installation How to install and manage fonts on Linux Software requirements and conventions used Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions Category How to get the list of installed fonts with fc-list.How to generate and update the fonts cache.How fonts are configured via the fontconfig library.In this tutorial we see how to perform such operation, and, more generally, how fonts are managed on Linux. Sometimes, however, we may want to install some fonts manually. On the most commonly used Linux-based distributions, there are many packaged fonts which can be installed using the native package manager. Fonts are a really important part of the user experience.
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