# fnt mit Homebrew, apt installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für fnt in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:fnt
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fnt
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fnt
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: fnt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:fnt
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.9.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Apt for fonts, the missing font manager for macOS/linux
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fnt (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.9.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

fnt is a command-line font manager for macOS and Linux. Its official README describes it as 'apt for fonts' and positions it as a way to install fonts from Debian sid and Google Fonts when native platform package managers do not provide a broad or current font catalog.

### Projektgeschichte

The project was created around the packaging gap between operating-system package repositories and font distribution. The README specifically calls out Debian stable lagging newer fonts and macOS package managers lacking a large font list.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packages. The README also points users to Repology for native package-manager availability and notes official Debian stable backports.

### Wie es verwendet wird

fnt users run `fnt update`, inspect available fonts with `fnt info`, search with `fnt search`, preview fonts in the terminal, install a chosen font, and list installed font files. The README includes bulk-install examples for Debian and Google font sources.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

fnt is interesting to package-manager users because it treats fonts as CLI-installable packages across operating systems, bridging Debian font packages, Google Fonts, terminal previews, and local font installation. It makes font discovery and installation look like ordinary Unix package work.

### Zeitleiste

- Current: Official README describes fnt as an apt-like font manager for macOS and Linux.
- Current: Official README lists Debian sid and Google Fonts as font repositories.
- Current: Supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packages.

### Related projects

- fnt is related to Debian sid font packages, Google Fonts, Repology, chafa, screenshots.debian.net, FontForge, Birdfont, TruFont, and Google woff2, all of which are referenced by the official README as sources, helpers, or adjacent font tools.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fnt>
- <https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt>
- <https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt#readme>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - fnt - 1.9-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fnt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Font downloader/manager | https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt
- Ubuntu apt - fnt - 1.5-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fnt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Font downloader/manager | https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fnt.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fnt.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph