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 ~/.config/figma-linux/settings.json

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

systemctl --user restart figma-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:

systemctl --user status figma-fonthelper.service

How to update Font Helper

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

How to disable auto updates

Just disable updater via terminal:

systemctl --user stop figma-fonthelper-updater.service
systemctl --user disable ffigma-onthelper-updater.service

And for enabling of auto updates:

systemctl --user start figma-fonthelper-updater.service
systemctl --user enable figma-fonthelper-updater.service

Check of installed version

In terminal:

~/local/share/figma-fonthelper/fonthelper -v