Step-by-step – Google Fonts Ubuntu 16.04 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Google Fonts

   Download Google Fonts for Ubuntu GNU/Linux

   Get Google Fonts .zip for Ubuntu

   Google Fonts for Ubuntu

   If you need instructions about what Font to choose then see the Getting-Started section below.
   In this guide I make use of the “Open Sans” as example.

3. 3. Installing Google Fonts

   Now to Install Google Fonts on Ubuntu
   First, make the target Directory with:

   sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts

   And then extract the Archive directly into the Target with:

   sudo unzip -d /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts ~/Downloads/Open_Sans.zip

   But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   Especially relevant: in case replace the “Open_Sans” above with the current choice.
   Next to fix Permissions to default play:

   sudo chmod -R --reference=/usr/share/fonts/opentype /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
   Again to register the Fonts issue:

   sudo fc-cache -fv

   Finally, to check the Font setup use:

   fc-match OpenSans