On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Pat Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently switched over from Windows to Ubuntu. There were some > documents I was working on in Windows with OpenOffice and I've been > editing one today. I noticed some of the fonts within the document > differ, though they should all be the same (Times New Roman) Instead > they showed as Verdana. But when I select all the text and try to > format the font, none of the standard fonts show up. There is no Times > New Roman, no Courier New, nothing I'm familiar with. what gives? Is > there someplace I can get more standardized fonts. A lot of publishers > I deal with want TNR or CN, not some some unknown font that may not > even be on their system. > > -- > Pat Brown > http://www.pabrown.ca/ > > L.A. Heat, the first Chris and David mystery > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Install the package msttcorefonts using synaptics and you will get all the basic Microsoft fonts. Alternatively, (I assume you still have a Microsoft Windows license) you can copy all the .ttf files from the windows installation and move them across to your ubuntu installation. Cheers, Michele
