Install IBM Plex Font

Update - 26th January 2024

One can now install from native apt packages with:

sudo apt update \
  && sudo apt install fonts-ibm-plex

Update - 14th October 2018

Just use typecatcher instead of the steps below, especially if you are an Ubuntu 18.04 user.

Steps

Copy, paste, and execute the following script to download and install the IBM Plex font (tested for Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop):

#!/bin/bash

cd /tmp

# install unzip just in case the user doesn't already have it.
sudo apt-get install unzip -y
wget "https://github.com/IBM/type/archive/master.zip"

unzip master.zip
rm master.zip

cd type-master

sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ibm-plex
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/opentype/ibm-plex

sudo cp /tmp/type-master/fonts/*/desktop/pc/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ibm-plex/.
sudo cp /tmp/type-master/fonts/*/desktop/mac/*.otf /usr/share/fonts/opentype/ibm-plex/.

sudo fc-cache -fv

So you can see what it is like in action, below is a screenshot of the script above, written in gedit, using one of the variations of the font. I find it quite pleasing to write scripts with.

References

• OMG Ubuntu - IBM Release Open Source Font, Here’s How To Use it on Ubuntu