Font Helper

Font Helper for Figma for Linux OS.

Install

Copy this in terminal

curl -L https://tinyurl.com/rx4xsyh4 | bash

or:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Figma-Linux/figma-linux-font-helper/master/res/install.sh | bash

How it works

Font Helper is a simple http server which get requests from figma on localhost, reads fonts and gives it to the Figma. When You open a figma project in a browser Figma send local http request in Your system. Font Helper replies on this request and returns list of fonts.

How to add directories

You can change Font Helper config file under non-root user. The config file is a simple JSON file.

nano /etc/figma-linux/fonthelper

After that You need to restart Font Helper for apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart fonthelper.service

Where is logs

The app put all logs into the /var/log/fonthelper directory. When Font Helper starts it create a new log file in the directory each time.

Check status of Font Helper

Just type this in terminal for check status of Font Helper:

sudo systemctl status fonthelper.service

How to update Font Helper

You don't need update it manually. Font Helper updates automatically via fonthelper-updater.service service.
If you didn't disable it :)

How to disable auto updates

Just disable updater via terminal:

sudo systemctl stop fonthelper-updater.service
sudo systemctl disable fonthelper-updater.service

And for enabling of auto updates:

sudo systemctl start fonthelper-updater.service
sudo systemctl enable fonthelper-updater.service

Check of installed version

In terminal:

/opt/FontHelper/fonthelper -v