How To Install Windows Fonts on Ubuntu Leave feedback

This article will guide you through the installation process of the Windows fonts on Ubuntu operating system. We’ll be installing packages with apt-get utility on the latest (at the moment of writing this article) available version of OS that is Ubuntu 20.04 LTS but the process is quite the same for the previous versions of Ubuntu.

Let’s find out what fonts are currently installed by typing fc-list in your terminal. In case the utility is not installed you can install it with fontconfig by typing

1. sudo apt-get update - Pull the lates updates.
2. sudo apt-get install fontconfig - Install fontconfig and font utilities including fc-list.

After you already have this utility installed type fc-list and check the output. I’m running Ubuntu in a docker container and here is the output:

$ fc-list

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Book

To install Windows fonts using apt-get utility open terminal and type:

1. sudo apt-get update - Pull the lates updates.
2. sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer - Install Windows fonts.
3. sudo apt-get install fontconfig - Install fontconfig library and fc-cache utility.
4. sudo fc-cache -f -v - Build fonts cache.

After installing fonts and building fonts cache we can check what fonts are actually installed by typing fc-list.

$ fc-list

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/comicbd.ttf: Comic Sans MS:style=Bold,Negreta,tučné,fed,Fett,Έντονα,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Félkövér,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,Полужирный,Fet,Kalın,Krepko,Lodia
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/comic.ttf: Comic Sans MS:style=Regular,Normal,obyčejné,Standard,Κανονικά,Normaali,Normál,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,Обычный,Normálne,Navadno,Arrunta
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman.ttf: Times New Roman:style=Regular,Normal,obyčejné,Standard,Κανονικά,Normaali,Normál,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,Обычный,Normálne,Navadno,thường,Arrunta

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In the output you’ll find that Comic Sans MS, Times New Roman, and other Windows fonts are installed now.