--- blender-2.81.old/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c	2019-07-24 00:41:39.000000000 -0700

+++ blender-2.81/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c	2019-07-31 19:55:46.069808055 -0700

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@

 static void fontbuf_load(struct FontBuf *fb)

 {

-  const char *fontpath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "fonts");

+  const char *fontpath = "/usr/share/fonts/blender";

   if (fontpath) {

     char unifont_path[1024];

     BLI_snprintf(unifont_path, sizeof(unifont_path), "%s/%s", fontpath, fb->filename);

--- blender-2.81.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2019-07-24 00:41:39.000000000 -0700

+++ blender-2.81/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2019-08-05 17:38:34.223948608 -0700

@@ -393,9 +393,8 @@

 # localization

 if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL)

   install(

-    DIRECTORY

-      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/fonts

-    DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles

+    DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/fonts/

+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/fonts/blender

   )

   set(_locale_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/locale")