# Installing Custom Fonts on Linux

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This guide is for downloading fonts to your system in order to use them in other apps, such as LibreOffice Writer. If you want to change the fonts for Linux Mint's user interface, install them first according to this guide, then visit [this page](/linux-mint-guides/basic-linux-mint-customization.md#fonts) to change the system fonts.
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Fonts on Linux are stored in a special folder called `.fonts` in your user folder. This period before the folder name is important, it tells Linux that this is a "hidden" folder that should only be shown under certain circumstances. To add fonts to this folder, we will need to enable showing hidden folders in the Files app.

1. Open the Files app by clicking on the folder icon on the bottom left of the taskbar.
2. You should now see the Files app. Press `Control-H` on your keyboard to enable showing hidden files.
3. A number of files should appear that were previously hidden.
4. Press `Control-Shift-N` on your keyboard to create a new folder. Type in `.fonts` for the name, then press `Enter`. Make sure you type `.fonts` it exactly as shown! The period and capitalization must exactly match, or this won't work.<br>

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5. You can now put any font files into this `.fonts` folder to make them available to the system. A number of font formats are compatible with Linux, most commonly `ttf` and `otf` fonts. Other types may be compatible, the best way to check is by downloading it and testing it out.

Sometimes downloaded fonts will come bundled in a `zip` file. You must extract the files before they can be put in the `.fonts` folder. You can extract a `zip` file by right-clicking it in the Files app, then selecting "Extract Here".


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