Installing new fonts on Ubuntu

Normally I do all of my image manipulation on Windows with Photoshop as I am not a big fan of GIMP, so I’ve never had to install a new font before. Not immediately obvious but you can do it like so.

rl@bloodandguts:~$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/robl/
rl@bloodandguts:~$ sudo cp /home/rl/Desktop/HorsePuke.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/robl/
rl@bloodandguts:~$ sudo fc-cache -fv
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 3 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 6 dirs
.......
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/robl: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
.......
fc-cache: succeeded