fonts location
I've always stored my fonts inside the `~/.fonts' directory.
I've decided to move all of them to `/usr/local/share/fonts/' after reading `/usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf' file.
/usr/local/share/fonts
fonts
~/.fonts
Based on the comment "the following element will be removed in the future" I think it's safe to assume that `~/.fonts' might stop working at some point.
Remember to run `fc-cache(1)' to scan the font directories and build cache files. I usually run it with `-f' flag to force re-generation.