package: msttcorefonts
severity: wishlist
I have just found the following statement on Smashing Magazine's "Free
Fonts of the Month" page [1]:
If you still don’t have Windows Vista fonts [2], you can get
them legally for free, downloading and installing the PowerPoint
Viewer 2007 [3]. The package includes all 6 Windows Fonts -
Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel,
which you can use without any restrictions.
I have just downloaded and extracted the files via cabextract and it
worked like a charm [4]. It would be very nice to have these fonts in
Debian since they are considered the official successors of Arial, Times
New Roman etc and are of a very high quality.
Cheers,
Fabian
[1]
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/02/free-fonts-of-the-month-geo-sans-ot-versa-diavlo/
[2] http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683
[3]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en
[4] You have to first 'cabextract PowerPointViewer.exe' and then
'cabextract ppviewer.cab'.
