# Install fnt with Homebrew, apt

Apt for fonts, the missing font manager for macOS/linux. Version 1.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install fnt.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fnt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fnt
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fnt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.9.1
- **Source summary:** Apt for fonts, the missing font manager for macOS/linux
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fnt (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.9.1
## Project history and usage

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.

### Project history

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.

### Adoption history

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.

### How it is used

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.

### Why package nerds care

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.

### Timeline

- 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.

### Sources

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


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- 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)


## Sources

- 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