Getting started

The easiest way to get started with Fontist is to install the Fontist CLI. There's also a fontist RubyGem package that you can use from your Ruby code.

gem install fontist

💎 Don't have Ruby installed? You can download Ruby from the official Ruby website.

Now you're ready to start using Fontist to install fonts on your machine! 🤩

fontist install "Fira Code"
fontist install "Open Sans"
fontist install "Consolas"

^{👩‍⚖️ Some fonts may require you to accept license terms regarding their use.}

Using a Fontist manifest

Several fonts can be specified in a file, called "manifest", and installed together.

First, prepare a file "manifest.yml":

---
Times New Roman:
Arial:
Courier New:
---

Then run:

fontist manifest-install manifest.yml

---
Arial:
  Regular:
    full_name: Arial
    paths:
    - "/home/octocat/.fontist/fonts/Arial.ttf"
  Bold Italic:
    ...

💡 You can use fontist manifest-locations to get the installation paths of only the fonts listed in the manifest file.

fontist manifest-locations manifest.yml

---
Arial:
  Regular:
    full_name: Arial
    paths:
    - "/home/octocat/.fontist/fonts/Arial.ttf"
  Bold Italic:
    ...