Not working about figma-linux-font-helper HOT 3 CLOSED

Hi @minnix

I installed this on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS machine just yesterday and all seems to be working fine, the only change I had to make to get this working was to add my users fonts folder in the configuration file as it was not in there when I checked the config file at /etc/figma-linux/fonthelper.

{
  "port": "18412",
  "directories": [
    "/usr/share/fonts",
    "/home/USERNAME/.local/share/fonts"
  ]
}

Then just run sudo systemctl restart fonthelper.service

Hope this helps

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Same in my end, 18.04 with same config ad @danielfeather but no local fonts in figma linux :(

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@phun-ky Some ideas that might help with troubleshooting. Try and simulate what Figma will try and do to get the list of fonts and the specific font files. The Font Helper is a HTTP service so you can simulate the HTTP requests that Figma will perform to get a list of local fonts and download the font file when requested. You can try the requests in your browser of choice and it should respond just fine.

From looking at the source code this is the endpoint that Figma will use to get a list of local fonts. So if your not seeing your local fonts in the list then I would try this endpoint and see what you get.
List fonts: http://localhost:18412/figma/font-files
Response

{
    "version": 4,
    "fontFiles": {
        "/home/danielfeather/.local/share/fonts/NeueHaasDisplayRoman.ttf": [
            {
                "family": "Neue Haas Grotesk Display Pro",
                "id": "Neue Haas Grotesk Display Pro",
                "italic": false,
                "postscript": "NeueHaasDisplay-Roman",
                "stretch": 5,
                "style": "55 Roman",
                "weight": 400
            }
        ],

Get specific font file: http://localhost:18412/figma/font-file?file=/home/danielfeather/.local/share/fonts/NeueHaasDisplayRoman.ttf
Response is the raw font file with a content type of application/octet-stream

I would try these endpoints and see if the fonts you seek are listed and can be read by Figma.

Hope this helps 😄

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