Do You have mscorefonts installed?

MeganMcD

Hello Ubuntu-ers,

I'm working on a massive lists of fonts installed by various operating systems and I'm wondering how common it is for Ubuntu users to have mscorefonts. I'd appreciate it if you could help me out and let me know if you have it installed.

If you don't know, check to see if you have Verdana or Georgia available. If you do, you have mscorefonts.

P.S. This is my first post and I hope I haven't posted it in the wrong forum! It didn't seem to go anywhere else

Paul820

Is that you Bill? Are you going to do us for using your fonts?

ajgreeny

I have masses of fonts installed, many copied over from various windows programs I installed in my winXP days. Some of them were needed to keep the formatting in large documents I first made in windows and then copied over to ubuntu. It was a PITA to keep reformatting so I just decided to get all the fonts I had, far more than I need but they don't seem to slow up a system these days as they used to.

Phil Airtime

Yes, yes, yes. I need msttcorefonts to be able to browse the web without wincing at the iffy replacements for Georgia and Trebuchet. Even this Ubuntu-operated website uses the fonts.

-grubby

BigSilly

I did install them ages ago when I first put Feisty on the PC. I got rid of them almost immediately. I just prefer the look of the free ones in Ubuntu. No other reason, be it zealousness, militancy, or otherwise.

Billy_McBong

i did before i installed gutsy and will probably install them again soon(along with other fonts)

Spr0k3t

Nope. The free ones are fairly decent and as an added bonus, I don't have to see that comic sans font.

bashveank

Nope, then again I think I may be incapable of telling one font from another, so it doesn't really matter for me.

jrusso2

The Redhat Liberation fonts work just as well as the microsoft ones. Just need to convert the rpm with alien to .deb if you can't stand to use Microsoft fonts.

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October 21st, 2007	#1
MeganMcD First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2007 Beans: 1	Do You have mscorefonts installed? Hello Ubuntu-ers, I'm working on a massive lists of fonts installed by various operating systems and I'm wondering how common it is for Ubuntu users to have mscorefonts. I'd appreciate it if you could help me out and let me know if you have it installed. If you don't know, check to see if you have Verdana or Georgia available. If you do, you have mscorefonts. P.S. This is my first post and I hope I haven't posted it in the wrong forum! It didn't seem to go anywhere else

October 21st, 2007	#2
Paul820 Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Beans: 984 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? Is that you Bill? Are you going to do us for using your fonts? __________________ Want to make 3D models? Get this: Blender http://www.blender.org/ If someone tells you to sudo rm -rf, do not do it. Read this for more information http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?a=54

October 21st, 2007	#3
ajgreeny Ubuntu addict and loving it Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England My beans are hidden! Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? I have masses of fonts installed, many copied over from various windows programs I installed in my winXP days. Some of them were needed to keep the formatting in large documents I first made in windows and then copied over to ubuntu. It was a PITA to keep reformatting so I just decided to get all the fonts I had, far more than I need but they don't seem to slow up a system these days as they used to.

October 21st, 2007	#4
Phil Airtime 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: na h-Eileanan Siar Beans: 35 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? Yes, yes, yes. I need msttcorefonts to be able to browse the web without wincing at the iffy replacements for Georgia and Trebuchet. Even this Ubuntu-operated website uses the fonts.

October 21st, 2007	#5
-grubby Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Aug 2007 Beans: 1,129	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? nope __________________ Pastebin sudo add-apt-repository ppa:whatever <-- new Karmic command

October 21st, 2007	#6
BigSilly Has an Ubuntu Drip Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Beans: 751 Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? I did install them ages ago when I first put Feisty on the PC. I got rid of them almost immediately. I just prefer the look of the free ones in Ubuntu. No other reason, be it zealousness, militancy, or otherwise.

October 21st, 2007	#7
Billy_McBong Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ~ My beans are hidden! Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? i did before i installed gutsy and will probably install them again soon(along with other fonts) __________________ If someone asks you to sudo rm -rf anything don't do it Ubuntu User #15037 Linux user #448546

October 21st, 2007	#8
Spr0k3t Dipped in Ubuntu Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Missouri Beans: 538 Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? Nope. The free ones are fairly decent and as an added bonus, I don't have to see that comic sans font. __________________ IRC: spr0k3t on irc.freenode.net MissouriTeam LoCo \| Find a LoCo near you! \| Get Mapped! Ubuntu User #11619 \| Linux User #441422

October 21st, 2007	#9
bashveank A Carafe of Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Middle of nowhere, Ohio Beans: 150	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? Nope, then again I think I may be incapable of telling one font from another, so it doesn't really matter for me. __________________ Friendfeed Flickr Twitter

October 21st, 2007	#10
jrusso2 May the Ubuntu Be With You! Join Date: Jan 2007 Beans: 1,698	Re: Do You have mscorefonts installed? The Redhat Liberation fonts work just as well as the microsoft ones. Just need to convert the rpm with alien to .deb if you can't stand to use Microsoft fonts.

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