Install new TTF fonts on Slackware 14

1. Copy your ttf fonts to the folder /usr/share/fonts/TTF 2. Run the command to update your fonts cache: fc-cache -f -v

Install Fonts on CENTOS

Source: http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-install-additional-true-type-ttf.html

Installation:
First, find and download your desired fonts into /home/nikesh/fonts diretory (user directory). Then extract them and copy to the system fonts directory as follows:

cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype
sudo mkdir customFonts
cd customFonts
sudo cp /home/nikesh/fonts/*.ttf .
sudo chown root.root *.ttf
sudo mkfontdir
cd ..
fc-cache