In modern usage, with the advent of digital typography, font is frequently synonymous with typeface. Each style is in a separate font file—for instance, the typeface Bulmer may include the fonts Bulmer roman, Bulmer, Bulmer bold and Bulmer extended—but the term font might be applied either to one of these alone or to the whole typeface.
There are various ways to add new fonts to your system. Often it depends on what you’re planning to do with them, that dictates what approach you should take.
Many fonts are available via package. Just search and install …
$ guix package -s font-*
name: font-ubuntu
version: 0.83
outputs: out
systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
dependencies:
location: gnu/packages/fonts.scm:120:2
homepage: http://font.ubuntu.com/
license: non-copyleft
synopsis: The Ubuntu Font Family
description: The Ubuntu Font Family is a unique, custom designed font that has a very distinctive look and feel. This package provides the TrueType (TTF) files.
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name: font-terminus
version: 4.48
outputs: out pcf-8bit
systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
dependencies: bdftopcf@1.1 font-util@1.3.2 mkfontdir@1.0.7 pkg-config@0.29.2 python@3.8.2
location: gnu/packages/fonts.scm:418:2
homepage: http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/
license: SIL OFL 1.1
synopsis: Simple bitmap programming font
description: Terminus Font is a clean, fixed-width bitmap font, designed for long periods of working with computers (8 or more hours per day).
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and install with:
$ guix package -i font-terminus
If you prefer to manage fonts manually, or use licensed fonts that are not packaged, you can simply drop them in a folder, in your user home directory.
$ mkdir ~/.fonts
and now move your desired fonts there. For ex.
$ ls ~/.fonts/Metropolis/
Metropolis-BlackItalic.otf Metropolis-ExtraBoldItalic.otf Metropolis-LightItalic.otf Metropolis-RegularItalic.otf Metropolis-ThinItalic.otf
Metropolis-Black.otf Metropolis-ExtraBold.otf Metropolis-Light.otf Metropolis-Regular.otf Metropolis-Thin.otf
Metropolis-BoldItalic.otf Metropolis-ExtraLightItalic.otf Metropolis-MediumItalic.otf Metropolis-SemiBoldItalic.otf 'SIL Open Font License.txt'
Metropolis-Bold.otf
Applications such as Inkscape, Gimp or Libre Office should automatically recognize the new fonts. In some cases, you may have to restart the target application first.
If your fonts look scrambled or distortet in GTK+ applications, it helps to clear the font cache:
fc-cache -f
Restart the application, or even better, reboot.
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