How to Install and Manage Custom Fonts on Ubuntu 18.04

Environment

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.

Download and extract the Hack font

Use wget to download the tarball from GitHub and extract it.

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ wget https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/releases/download/v3.003/Hack-v3.003-ttf.tar.xz

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ tar -xvf Hack-v3.003-ttf.tar.xz
./
./Hack-Bold.ttf
./Hack-BoldItalic.ttf
./Hack-Italic.ttf
./Hack-Regular.ttf

Create a local fonts directory

If the directory does not exist, create it:

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts

Move the font files

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ mv Hack-*.ttf ~/.local/share/fonts

Regenerate the font cache

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ fc-cache -f -v

Verify the installation

List installed fonts and filter for “Hack”:

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ fc-list | grep "Hack"

Uninstall the font

Remove the font files and rebuild the cache:

bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/fonts/Hack-*.ttf
bob@ubuntu-18-04:~$ fc-cache