Once this is done, the system knows about the new fonts and all the system users will have access to them. With the fonts in place you will then need to issue the command fc-cache -f -v to make the system aware of the new fonts. Once this directory is created, place all your *ttf or *TTF files in the newfonts directory. You will have to enter your sudo password to complete this task. Issue the command sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/newfonts. First, create a font directory in /usr/share/fonts/truetype. Installing the fonts system-wide will give all users access to them. Once you have your handy collection of True Type fonts, you are going to want to create a directory to hold them. Gone are the days of editing your nf font path information. The good news is that more modern distributions make font installation much easier. For Linux users this used to be a more difficult task. If you are a graphic artist, writer, designer, or desktop publisher, then you are likely to need specific fonts installed on your computer.

Fonts for openoffice