Install Google Fonts provided by the user
Downloads and installs Google Fonts by name to your system. Use when you need specific fonts for development or design projects.
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/linux-desktop-plugin/plugin install lan-manager@danielrosehillYou are helping the user install Google Fonts by name.
Get font names from user
Choose installation method
Method 1: Using google-font-installer (if available)
pip install gftoolsgftools download-family "Font Name"Method 2: Using font-downloader
sudo apt install font-managerpip install font-downloaderMethod 3: Manual download
https://fonts.google.com/https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/main/Download fonts
https://fonts.google.com/download?family=Font+Namegit clone https://github.com/google/fonts.git --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse && cd fonts && git sparse-checkout set ofl/<font-name>Install fonts
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts/google-fontsunzip <font>.zip -d ~/.local/share/fonts/google-fonts/<font-name>/
Update font cache
fc-cache -fvfc-list | grep -i "<font-name>"Provide usage examples
# Example: Installing "Roboto" and "Open Sans"
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts/google-fonts
cd /tmp
# Download Roboto
wget "https://fonts.google.com/download?family=Roboto" -O roboto.zip
unzip roboto.zip -d ~/.local/share/fonts/google-fonts/roboto/
# Download Open Sans
wget "https://fonts.google.com/download?family=Open+Sans" -O open-sans.zip
unzip open-sans.zip -d ~/.local/share/fonts/google-fonts/open-sans/
# Update cache
fc-cache -fv
# Verify
fc-list | grep -i "roboto\|open sans"
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