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How to get custom fonts to work on Google Colab so that I can use it to run manim(3b1b's animation software)


I am trying to use Custom True Type fonts for rendering an animation using Manim on Google Colab. But for some reason, the animation is rendering without the custom font. I have tested code and it works perfectly on my local machine. It seems to be a problem of the fonts not being installed correctly. I have done exactly as other sources on the internet have suggested that is to move the .ttf files to the following directory: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

Can someone help me out with what is going wrong here?


Solution

  • Just had to follow these commands:

    !wget "link_to_font_files_download"
    !unzip "download?family=font_file_name"
    
    !mv font_file.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
    
    !fc-cache -f -v