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Install Fonts

AS ROOT:

  1. Copy your font files (.ttf and/or .otf) to their respective directories:
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF
    /usr/share/fonts/OTF
  2. Run the following commands, with the directory where you copied the fonts as argument:
    mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF}
    mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF}
    fc-cache -f -v
  3. Restart X.

Sources

 howtos:general_admin:install_fonts ()