The key was to find the core fonts package first.
Yes, I see your point with using the terminal for doing the installation
of packages, but you need to know what those packages are.
Also, if you use a package manager, or the Software Center, you can
search for the packages and install them from there without needing to
get the "spelling" of the package correct. Some people, like me, can
have problems typing at times. My fingers do not always work correctly
and I rely on my spell checker to catch things. So with a package
manager or software center, you do no need to worry about typing in a
command in the terminal correctly.
Then there are the differences with the desktop environments. For 12.04
I have used Unity, GNOME 3, and MATE for desktop environments. I prefer
MATE. IT works more like the GNOME DE that in used by Ubuntu 10.04,
better than the options in GNOME 3.
So once the OP knew that he could use a single package to install the
"small core" of MS fonts, and then know what it is, it is up to the user
to decide what if the easiest way to install it. When I search for a
package, it is easier for me to install it with the package manager or
the software center, instead of using that info and type the proper
commands in the terminal.
IF I am given a terminal command where I can cut/paste [say from a web
page or an email], then it can be easy for me to use the terminal
option. cut/paste was how I "typed in" the commands to install MATE on
my 12.04 laptop.
This link that was in a posting
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+package/ttf-mscorefonts-installer
was listed as the core fonts for the web.
This list has a few other fonts in their list of MS core fonts for the web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web
This link shows which core fonts are on both MS systems and Mac systems.
http://web.nickshanks.com/fonts/microsoft-core-web-fonts
So that means that there many be more "core fonts" that MS Win7 uses
that the user might want to install.
He seem to state that he did not want to do all the work to install all
of the fonts he had in his font folder. Well as far as I an thinking,
it is really easy to install a block of fonts. All you need to do is
place them in a folder, highlight them like you we going to copy them to
another folder, then just do a right-click and open them with the
default font viewer. Then just click on the "install" button for each
font. I is an easy way to get them installed properly in the .fonts
hidden folder. At least it is the easiest way I found.
The real kicker is for the user, any user, to install the fonts that
he/she needs for the work he/she need to do.
As stated before, by me and others, you can get free fonts that are very
similar to the paid ones of a specific name. All you have to do is
look. BUT, if that person is required to work with a specific font for
an employer, or other person of authority, then they will have to see if
they have those fonts somewhere that they can use for their Ubuntu/Linux
work instead of Windows work.
When I take a laptop/desktop and replace the Windows OS that came with
it, I copy the fonts that came with the system and then reinstall them
when I have Ubuntu installed. That way, I use the fonts that came with
the computer. Personally, I feel that if the laptop has the fonts
installed, then those fonts can stay installed on the system no matter
what the OS changes to.
On 07/22/2012 08:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I found the name for Ubuntu 10.04, so the command would be:
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
and installing Synaptic Package Manager would be:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
but i agree with Johnny that it sounds like Ubuntu 12.04 and i suspect he has checked the
exactly right name already. Generally i find Synaptic useful for looking up things when
i am not totally sure of the name of the thing. It searches in package descriptions as
well as titles so you can be pretty vague with searches. Then it's easy to pick and
choose (although probably ignore all the packages starting with "lib..." so
just scroll through them fast).
The command-line is easiest when giving advice to people because it's pretty
much identical across all the different distros although some
families-of-distros use alternatives to apt-get. I think those alternatives
use similar tags and, of course, the package names tend to be the same, for
example libreoffice is called the same thing in all afaik.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 22/7/12, Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Core Fonts
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, 22 July, 2012, 12:32
2012/7/22 Tom Davies <[email protected]>:
Hi :)
There is always at least 1 distro that renames things a bit. In this case i
think it's Ubuntu so it might be worth searching your package manager to get
the right fonts
Regards from
Tom :)
Well, the OP said he had Ubuntu, but not which version. I assumed
12.04 since he also asked how to install Synaptic. I think (but I'm
not 100% sure) that 12.04 is the first Ubuntu that doesn't come with
Synaptic pre-installed.
Some older versions of Ubuntu have a different name of that package,
and I think a few fonts were missing as well.
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
--- On Sun, 22/7/12, Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Core Fonts
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, 22 July, 2012, 6:04
2012/7/21 Anthony Easthope <[email protected]>:
Hi
I was wondering what would be considered the core fonts on Microsoft.
After ages fruitless searching I was wondering if anybody could help me
on what they would consider to be core fonts.
I backed up my fonts folder from windows 7 before the change to ubuntu
so I had all of them problem is I can not be bothered installing every
single one of them!
The quickest way, if you want to install those mss TTF core fonts from
the repositories, is from a terminal. Just copy this line into a
terminal and hit Enter. Note that the keyboard shortcut for Paste is
Ctrl+Shift+v, if you didn't edit those yourself:
sudo apt-get install ms-corefonts-installer
The package contains:
Andale
Arial Black
Arial
Comic Sans
Courier New
Georgia
Impact
Times New Roman
Trebuchet
Verdana
Webdings
If you only want to use Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New, it's
recommended that you use the free fonts from the package
fonts-liberation instead (probably already installed on your system.
Those are called something like Liberation Sans (looks like Arial) and
so on.
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
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