How To: Install fonts on Ubuntu

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It happens sometimes that someone wants to install fonts he found on the internet. You download a package, and in it there's just a .ttf file. And now what will I do??
But we'll copy them to it's directory, obviously!
This happens if you have just one user:
Just copy it in the hidden directory .fonts in the home. If it doesn't exist, just make it.
To do it, open the terminal and do:

cd ~/.fonts/

If it prints "No such file or directory" it doesn't exist. So do

mkdir ~/.fonts/

nautilus ~/.fonts/

And into the folder which has been opened with nautilus, just copy the .ttf file :)

Sometimes it works immediately, sometimes not.
So, to be sure, do:
sudo fc-cache -fv
And you'll update fonts :)

But, before you said that this things work if you have got just one user. But how do i do to install the font to my mother too?

If you have got more accounts, just use the folder

/usr/local/share/fonts/

instead of .fonts.
But for some reason it's not preferable to use it.

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