diff -ru blender-2.83.0.old/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_default.c blender-2.83.0/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_default.c
--- blender-2.83.0.old/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_default.c	2020-06-03 07:18:19.000000000 -0700
+++ blender-2.83.0/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_default.c	2020-06-08 18:51:22.642003171 -0700
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 static int blf_load_font_default(const char *filename, const bool unique)
 {
-  const char *dir = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "fonts");
+  const char *dir = "/usr/share/fonts/blender";
   if (dir == NULL) {
     fprintf(stderr,
             "%s: 'fonts' data path not found for '%s', will not be able to display text\n",
diff -ru blender-2.83.0.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.83.0/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
--- blender-2.83.0.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2020-06-03 07:18:27.000000000 -0700
+++ blender-2.83.0/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2020-06-08 18:53:45.975733489 -0700
@@ -387,9 +387,8 @@
 
 # fonts
 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
 )
 
 # localization