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    Arrow Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    This tutorial now has a web site: http://www.sharpfonts.com/

    I tweaked the fontconfig XML files so that fonts look like on Windows. This code is borrowed from PC-BSD. First, let's install the Microsoft fonts. You have 2 ways of doing so:

    Either download the fonts into your home directory and install them on your system:

    Code:
    sudo tar xvjpf msfonts.tbz -C /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
    Or, enable non-free, universe and multiverse repositories and install the Microsoft fonts:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
    You now have the Microsoft fonts installed. Let's configure your system now.

    Download the xml files and extract the file into /etc/fonts/ as root:

    Code:
    sudo tar xvjpf fontconfig.tbz -C /etc/fonts/
    Log out from Ubuntu and relog in. Here's how your desktop will look like:



    It's a lot more complex than disabling antialiasing at small font sizes

    DIGG IT!
    Last edited by calande; November 1st, 2007 at 12:03 AM.
    Charles.

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    APt get didnt find the package ?!

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    That works perfectly nice, dude, thanks a lot

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    brp@brp-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Package msttcorefonts is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package msttcorefonts has no installation candidate



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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    Quote Originally Posted by tep200377
    brp@brp-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Package msttcorefonts is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package msttcorefonts has no installation candidate


    yep...that's also what i get

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    Quote Originally Posted by tep200377
    APt get didnt find the package ?!
    You have to enable the extra apt repositories first. From the OP:
    Enable non-free, universe and multiverse repositories.
    Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list has these lines.

    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse

    If you find them and they have a '#' in front, you have to remove that. Then run
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
    Then you should be able to install the font package.

    Edit: If you don't know how to edit your sources.list file, see here.
    Last edited by digby; July 4th, 2006 at 04:07 PM.

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    Do you have the universe and multiverse repo's enabled? Because that would give you a similar error. Try to enable the universe and multiverse and try that command again.
    Peter VK

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    I gotta say, I really love it when people help me out

    Im a newbie on ubuntu. I've tried slackware and other distroes before, but ubuntu really made me make the switch ..


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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    Quote Originally Posted by digby
    You have to enable the extra apt repositories first. From the OP:Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list has these lines.

    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse

    If you find them and they have a '#' in front, you have to remove that. Then run
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
    Then you should be able to install the font package.

    Edit: If you don't know how to edit your sources.list file, see here.
    i use dapper kubuntu and it works now ...thanx very much....

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    Re: Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

    half-working for me, maybe it's because i did an other fix and them don't fit togheter?
    ubuntu 10.04

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