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So I've read this and now my question is that what is the difference between placing the fonts in ~/.local/share/fonts vs /usr/local/share/fonts?

The answer in the link above says that /usr/local/share/fonts is used "if you need the fonts to be available system-wide", so my guess would be that ~/.local/share/fonts doesn't make the font available system-wide. Although I'm not sure and hence the question.

Thanks in advance.

Rinzwind
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swingcake
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In the original answer linked in your question, it was not clear, that .local/share/fonts actually meant ~/.local/share/fonts. I updated the answer.

~ is equal to the users home folder.

If you install something in the users home folder, it won't be available for everyone but just for the user (=> not system-wide). This is quite a general concept.

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