Install Malithi Web Font to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

1)Open your file manager as root.

2)Go to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala

3)Delete current font and copy this : lankavision.com/files/fonts/malithi_web.ttf font to that path.

4)Run this command in your terminal : fc-list :lang=si
 

5)You will get a output like this,

usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala/malithi_web.ttf: Malithi Web:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf:

 FreeSerif:style=Regular,нормален,normal,obyčejné,Mittel,µεσαία,Normaali,

Normál,Normale,Gemiddeld,odmiana zwykła,Обычный,Normálne,ปกติ,menengah,прямій,Navadno,vidējs,

normalusis,عادی,vừa,Arrunta,सामान्य

 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerifBold.ttf: FreeSerif:style=Bold,пол

учерен,negreta,tučné,fed,Fett,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Félkövér,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogr

ubiony,Negrito,gros,Обычный,Fet,ตัวหนา,Kalın

huruf tebal,жирний,Polkrepko,treknraksts,pusjuodis,ضخیم,đậm,Lodia,धृष्ट

4)Now go to /usr/share/fonts/­truetype/freefont/ & delete FreeSerif.ttf & FreeSerifBold.ttf  (Fonts in your result, except Malithi Web:)

5)Restart your system.