https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367650

            Bug ID: 367650
           Summary: ~/.fonts deprecation ; please install new fonts to
                    $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts ; ~/.local/share/fonts
           Product: kfontview
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
          Reporter: plusf...@gmail.com

/home/$USER/.fonts is deprecated now. sadly kfontviewer still installs to it
instead of the newer XDG standard path $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts (or, if not set
~/.local/share/fonts)

please see: 
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2014-July/005270.html <-
[Fontconfig] ~/.fonts deprecation
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html <-
XDG Base Directory Specification

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open a fontfile with kfontview
2. click on install

Actual Results:  
it'll install the fontfile to ~/.fonts

Expected Results:  
should follow the new standard

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