dafontdownloader

Making it easy to download fonts.


Keywords
font, dafont, downloader, dl, fonts, free
License
GPL-2.0+
Install
pip install dafontdownloader==0.5

Documentation

dafontdownloader 0.5

A python script to download fonts directly from dafont site.

What's new in 0.5

  • Windows compatible

Install

First way

To avoid using sudo, installation requires these steps:

  1. Use pip to install the package with all dependencies required:
  • pip install dafontdownloader --user

Obs: if you are on windows you don't need to perform the following steps

  1. Use export to persistent use of dafontdownloader script:
  • echo "export PATH=${PATH}:"$HOME"/.local/bin" >> "$HOME"/.bashrc
  1. Use source to start using script in command line:
  • source .bashrc

Second Way

  1. Download this repository, or use git clone https://github.com/resilientcod/dafontdownloader.git

  2. Open repository directory.

  3. Use python3 setup.py install

  4. Follow the steps 2 and 3, to persistent use of dafontdownloader script.

Third Way (with sudo)

Attention: use at your own risk!

sudo pip install dafontdownloader

This allow install in bin directory, making it unnecessary to use steps 2 and 3 in the first way.

Usage

After installation, type dafontdownloader in the terminal to verify that everything is correct, as in the image: image

Then use: dafontdownloader <name-font> to download and install fonts from dafont site.

Example:

dafontdownloader Nemesis Grant

Attention: Make sure you type the name correctly!

More info

The fonts are installed in the user's local .fonts directory

Enjoy!