HOW TO INSTALL TRUETYPE WINDOWS
FONTS ON LINUX
by Francesco Palmisano
Many Windows users, migrating to Linux,
could need the Microsoft windows truetype, for exampleVerdana,
Arial, Comic, Curier, etc.....
Fortunatley there is a metod to install them on Linux.
Waht you need:
First of all with your packages manager install:
cabextract
then download truetype's file here.
Well, lest's go:
uncompress the file:
tar xvfj truetype.tar.bz2
check if exists the /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
folder, if not, creat it:
mkdir -p
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/
extract and install fonts:
cabextract -d
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ andale32.exe arial32.exe arialb32.exe
comic32.exe courie32.exe georgi32.exe impact32.exe tahoma32.exe
times32.exe trebuc32.exe verdan32.exe webdin32.exe
and add to configuration fonts folder:
tar xvjpf fontconfig.tbz
-C /etc/fonts/
Excellent, at the next login you will find new fonts!
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