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Install Fonts on Linux

There are three font families that Google hosts that are simply perfect for coding; Anonymous_Pro, Roboto_Mono, and Reddit_Mono. To install them in Linux is pretty easy and straight forward;

# Move to tmp so it gets cleaned up by default
cd /tmp
# Download each font in turn, and extract it
for Font in anonymous_pro roboto_mono reddit_mono ; do
    # The version I have is current as of 2024-05-20
    wget -O ${Font}.zip "https://wiki.cyli.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=other:${Font}.zip"
    # In the unzip below;
    # -j removes the folder structure within the .zip, -d extracts 
    # to and creates a folder if needed, *.ttf extracts only matches
    sudo unzip -j ${Font}.zip "*.ttf" -d /usr/share/fonts/${Font}/
done
# Now, rebuild the system font cache.
sudo fc-cache -v -f /usr/share/fonts
# And the personal one
fc-cache -v -f ~/.cache/fontconfig
# After, the font should be available to X things like LibreOffice

Fonts.Google.com

Fonts can also be downloaded here ; Anonymous_Pro.zip Reddit_Mono.zip Roboto_Mono.zip

install_fonts_on_linux.txt · Last modified: by steve