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figma-linux-font-helper

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Figma Linux Font Helper

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# Installation Guide

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/tryvin/figma-linux-font-helper

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd figma-linux-font-helper

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Docker

Easy Recommended

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Docker Desktop Needed to build and run containers. Install it and keep it running in the background.

docker compose up -d --build

Builds and starts all defined containers (server, database, etc.) at once, in the background.

✅ Run docker compose ps to check the containers are Up. If the README mentions a port, open http://localhost:PORT in your browser.

3. Python

Easy

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Installs the Python libraries listed in requirements.txt (or similar).

python server.py

Runs the Python script (or module).

✅ If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

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# figma-linux-font-helper
Figma Linux Font Helper

# Why

A fellow friend of mine was switching to Linux, and needed the Local fonts support for Figma

# How

This project was a reverse engineer from the local font helper from Figma for App, it uses fc-list, and fc-cache for the fonts lists, and python for the webserver

# How to use it

* Install Python3 and Pip3 (Pip for Python3)
* Run `sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
* Run `python3 server.py`
* Navigate to figma.com and try to use the local fonts.

# Docker-compose

You can also use `docker-compose` in order to run it as a container, simply run `docker-compose up` and let docker do it's magic

There's also a environment variable in the compose file, called `FONTS_FOLDER`, use this variable if your font folder is mapped somewhere else, for example, on OSX you might want to use `FONT_FOLDER=~/Library/Fonts docker-compose up`

Rename `.env.example` to `.env` to define a custom value to `FONTS_FOLDER` before build your containers with `docker-compose`.

# Big Thanks

Big Thanks to the following contributors for improving this project! (NOT sorted by order of importance)

* [arpanetus](https://github.com/arpanetus)
* [aanpilov](https://github.com/aanpilov)
* [marcosfreitas](https://github.com/marcosfreitas)
* Wayne Steidley
* [misotrnka](https://github.com/misotrnka)