fonts-lohit-knda software package provides Lohit TrueType font for Kannada Language, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install fonts-lohit-knda
fonts-lohit-knda is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fonts-lohit-knda package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fonts-lohit-knda *
You will get with fonts-lohit-knda package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Fonts |
| Package | fonts-lohit-knda |
| Version | 2.5.3-2 |
| Description | Lohit TrueType font for Kannada Language |
| Sub Section | Fonts |