Installing Microsoft Core Fonts In Ubuntu

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Installing Microsoft Core Fonts In Ubuntu
Topic Started: Dec 18 2007, 02:14 AM (128 Views)
Dark Knight	Dec 18 2007, 02:14 AM Post #1
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	To install Microsoft's core fonts (Arial, Times New Roman, etc.) type the following in a terminal: sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts After you do that a dialog box will pop up on your screen that says "Configuring msttcorefonts" Just click forward at the bottom of the dialog box.
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trewert	Dec 18 2007, 05:59 AM Post #2
Wanderer in the Fog Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: January 28, 2007	Is there a way to install the vista fonts, too? You can do that on XP by installing and then deinstalling the Power Point viewer from MS. Installing will install those fonts, deinstalling will leave them on your system, though.



Dark Knight	Dec 18 2007, 12:05 PM Post #3
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	trewert Dec 18 2007, 06:59 AM Is there a way to install the vista fonts, too? You can do that on XP by installing and then deinstalling the Power Point viewer from MS. Installing will install those fonts, deinstalling will leave them on your system, though. 1. Install cabextract sudo apt-get cabextract 2. Download and save the shell script found here into your home directory 3. Type the following in a terminal to make the file executable chmod a+x ~/vista-fonts-installer.sh 4. Install curl sudo apt-get install curl 5. Run the script ~/vista-font-installer.sh Everything in italics are terminal commands. Anything in bold is file names
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trewert	Dec 18 2007, 02:20 PM Post #4
Wanderer in the Fog Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: January 28, 2007	Great! Now can we expect that people will actually have those fonts and use them on websites.



Dark Knight	Dec 18 2007, 02:31 PM Post #5
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	Some of them look really nice. I hope people start using them more in websites. Maybe I'll mess with the skin for Zetaboards with these fonts since I downloaded them.
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