Re: Installing TrueType Fonts (TTF)

[Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl>]

Mathias Bauer:
> Also, fonts-conf(5) contains an example user configuration file
> ~/.fonts.conf, so that your font files (.ttf, .otf) may remain in
> their original directories and need not to be mixed together in
> *one* of the directories mentioned above by Siard.

"Original directories"? We're talking about locally installed fonts
here, living beyond the package manager's realm.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/05/msg00148.html
"For locally installed, system wide fonts, /usr/local/share/fonts
looks like the most suitable place."

BTW, /usr/local/share/fonts is mentioned in my /etc/fonts/fonts.conf.