Installing Windows fonts
Sometimes it is a bit uncomfortable with the font of Linux. It is better if i can have my MS font inside linux. Below is a simple way to add MS fonts into your linux platform.
GNOME users
In GNOME 2.4 and above, this is very easy. Simply open a file manager window to fonts:// and open another one to your mounted Windows directory (/mnt/windows for example). Navigate to the Windows folder, then the Fonts folder. Select any fonts that you would like and drag and drop them to the fonts:// window.
Note: This should be done as root otherwise it may not work. Also, try restarting your computer if it does not work.
Distribution packages
RPM
Users of rpm-based distributions can install the Windows fonts from the packages msfonts-1.2.1-1.noarch.rpm and msfonts-style-1.2.1-1.noarch.rpm (LibraryMS fonts for Linux)
DEB
Package name is msttcorefonts, included in the Debian repository called non-free.
These will download (or specify a location if you already have them) the fonts and install them.
Just write apt-get install msttcorefonts.
posted by giap @ 3/10/2005 10:39:00 AM
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