Google Fonts Installer (gfinstall)

GFInstall is a simple shell script that helps to install google fonts directly from your terminal. When you press tab it tries to auto-complete the font name you're looking for.

Install

sudo apt update

# Run below command for minimal ubuntu installations only (ex: ubuntu docker image)
sudo apt install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:realpvn/gfinstall
sudo apt install gfinstall

Run

gfinstall {fontNameHere}

Usage & options

By default fonts will be installed globally (/usr/share/fonts/), if you want to install it only for the current user then use -l or --local flag.

Usage:
gfinstall [options] [fontNameHere]

Options:
-l   |  --local            To Install fonts locally
-v   |  --version          Check gfinstall version
-h   |  --help             Displays available options

Examples:
gfinstall montserrat                  # installs montserrat font globally
gfinstall --local montserrat          # installs montserrat font locally
gfinstall -v                          # to check gfinstall version

Auto Completion in ZSH

If you are using zsh as your main shell, you might want to run below commands to get gfinstall autocompletions working for you.

First 2 lines enables bash script completion compatibility mode in zsh, last line will source gfinstall autocompletion script. You can add this to your ~/.zshrc file so everytime you open new shell you have gfinstall autocompletions working

autoload bashcompinit
bashcompinit
source /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/gfinstall

Currently Supported

• Ubuntu (20.04)