Install Your Favorite Fonts in Linux

The Scribus download page has a very nice title font. After all, they're a professional book typesetting software, and they deal with a wide variety of fonts all year round, so their selection is excellent.

1. Confirm the target font. As shown below, browse the webpage source code to find the font name, search for it, and download and install it.

2. Download the font

Libre Baskerville. Open the webpage and click the download button in the upper right corner.

3. Install the font

➜ fonts pwd /usr/share/fonts ➜ fonts sudo mkdir googlefonts ➜ fonts cd googlefonts ➜ googlefonts sudo unzip -d . ~/Downloads/Libre_Baskerville.zip Archive: /home/mephisto/Downloads/Libre_Baskerville.zip replace ./OFL.txt? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: A inflating: ./OFL.txt inflating: ./LibreBaskerville-Regular.ttf inflating: ./LibreBaskerville-Italic.ttf inflating: ./LibreBaskerville-Bold.ttf ➜ googlefonts ls Karla-Italic-VariableFont_wght.ttf LibreBaskerville-Bold.ttf LibreBaskerville-Regular.ttf README.txt Karla-VariableFont_wght.ttf LibreBaskerville-Italic.ttf OFL.txt I installed two fonts, the other being Karla, which is also the page font for the typesetting software mentioned above.

3. Create font information cache files

fc-cache scans the system's font directory and creates font information cache files for use by related software.

➜ googlefonts sudo fc-cache -fv /usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 8 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: caching, new cache contents: 89 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/util: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cMap: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan2: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts: caching, new cache contents: 17 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts/static: caching, new cache contents: 14 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype/malayalam: caching, new cache contents: 7 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype/mathjax: caching, new cache contents: 24 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto: caching, new cache contents: 30 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/opentype/urw-base35: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 52 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gargi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gubbi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Nakula: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Navilu: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sahadeva: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sarai: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/abyssinica: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ancient-scripts: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-beng-extra: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-deva-extra: caching, new cache contents: 3 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-gujr-extra: caching, new cache contents: 5 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-guru-extra: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-kalapi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-orya-extra: caching, new cache ccontents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-telu-extra: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-yrsa-rasa: caching, new cache contents: 15 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst: caching, new cache contents: 15 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst-one: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lao: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lato: caching, new cache contents: 18 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 16 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation2: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/libreoffice: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-assamese: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-bengali: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-devanagari: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-gujarati: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-kannada: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-malayalam: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-oriya: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-punjabi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil-classical: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-telugu: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/malayalam: caching, new cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/padauk: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/pagul: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/quicksand: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak-fonts: caching, new cache contents: 3 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/teluguvijayam: caching, new cache contents: 20 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tibetan-machine: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg: caching, new cache contents: 58 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-khmeros-core: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu: caching, new cache contents: 14 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1/urw-base35: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-zenhei: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs /root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory /root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory /usr/share/fonts/X11: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cMap: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cmap: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/opentype: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/type1: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/X11/util: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan2: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts/static: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/opentype/malayalam: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/opentype/mathjax: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/opentype/urw-base35: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gargi: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gubbi: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Nakula: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Navilu: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sahadeva: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sarai: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/abyssinica: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ancient-scripts: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-beng-extra: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-deva-extra: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-gujr-extra: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-guru-extra: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-kalapi: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-orya-extra: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-telu-extra: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-yrsa-rasa: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst-one: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lao: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lato: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation2: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/libreoffice: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-assamese: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-bengali: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-devanagari: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-gujarati: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-kannada: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-malayalam: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-oriya: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-punjabi: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil-classical: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-telugu: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/malayalam: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/padauk: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/pagul: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/quicksand: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak-fonts: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/teluguvijayam: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tibetan-machine: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-khmeros-core: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/type1/urw-base35: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-zenhei: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: skipping, looped directory detected /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /root/.cache/fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory /root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory fc-cache: succeeded

5. Confirm whether the installation is successful

➜ googlefonts fc-match Libre\ Baskerville LibreBaskerville-Regular.ttf: "Libre Baskerville" "Regular"

6. Use Terminator to test the results, as shown below.

Marker 1 sets the target titlebar font, and Marker 2 shows the actual font. Marker 3 and Marker 2 show the same font.