Installing MS truetype fonts

[knappen]

How do I install my MS fonts in Ubuntu? And most importantly, how do I make Firefox recognise them?

[cybrjackle]

You need "universe" in your sources.list

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

$ sudo apt-cache show msttcorefonts
Package: msttcorefonts
Priority: optional
Section: contrib/x11
Installed-Size: 156
Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.11
Depends: wget (>= 1.9.1-4), cabextract (>= 0.1-2), xutils (>= 4.0.2), debconf (>= 1.2.0), defoma, debianutils (>= 1.7)
Recommends: x-ttcidfont-conf
Filename: pool/universe/m/msttcorefonts/msttcorefonts_1.1.11_all.deb
Size: 21566
MD5sum: 69a1bb2e1f66f03a5b3748685d9bd973
Description: Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
 This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type
 Core Fonts for the Web including:
 .
   Andale Mono
   Arial Black
   Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Comic Sans MS (Bold)
   Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Impact
   Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Webdings
 .
 You will need an Internet connection to download these fonts if you
 don't already have them.

[cybrjackle]

Here is a link on how to add more, look at section 3.2

http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/xfree4_tt.html

[knappen]

Thanks!

I will add universe and sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts.

After this, will Firefox recognise the new fonts? Without the ms fonts Firefox looks pretty ordinary.

[knappen]

cybrjackle, are you the same cybrjackle on mandrakusers.org?

[cybrjackle]

Originally Posted by knappen cybrjackle, are you the same cybrjackle on mandrakusers.org?

yep

[cybrjackle]

Originally Posted by knappen Thanks! I will add universe and sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts. After this, will Firefox recognise the new fonts? Without the ms fonts Firefox looks pretty ordinary.

yep

[knappen]

nice to see you here as well!

I installed the ms fonts at it works well. Hotmail still looks a bit wird though.

[cybrjackle]

Originally Posted by knappen nice to see you here as well! I installed the ms fonts at it works well. Hotmail still looks a bit wird though.

Nice to see you too, I'm everywere

Some people say Debian fonts always look like crap, they look fine to me, but everyone see's things different.

[knappen]

Originally Posted by cybrjackle Nice to see you too, I'm everywere

Ha ha, me too!

This time I think I will stay with Ubuntu for awhile. At least until the final release is out