some distros use: msttcorefonts. I've use that command in Ubuntu: # apt-get install msttcorefonts
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > If buying the exact same fonts separately would be prohibitively > > expensive (which I'm guessing is likely), I'd be willing to settle for a > > collection of near-identical fonts that are named in an obvious enough > > way that I would which fonts to substitute for their Windows > alternatives. > > I'm no fonts expert, but I've dealt with this issue a number of times. > First off, do you have the "mscorefonts" package installed? For a > while M$ was distributing many of their fonts under a free-as-in-beer > license. From what I understand, this has ceased, but you can still > obtain a copy from various sources. > > Under debian non-free, there's a package called > "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" which downloads those fonts at install > time. Hopefully this will help you with several of your font issues. > > A second thing you can do for more recent M$ fonts is copy the fonts > out of one of your Windows installs (if you have one) and set them up > under xfstt or something similar. So long as you own the Windows > installation, then this almost certainly falls under fair use. > > good luck, > tim > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
