Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

[calande]

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:

sudo tar xvjpf msfonts.tbz -C /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

Or, enable non-free, universe and multiverse repositories and install the Microsoft fonts:

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:

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!

[tep200377]

APt get didnt find the package ?!

[DC@DR]

That works perfectly nice, dude, thanks a lot

[michaelzap]

Hmm. I really don't like how it looked after I did this, and just uninstalling the font package made my system a bunch of gobbledygook that was hard to reset to something readable. So how can I get my old fonts back and undo those XML files please?

[calande]

Remove /etc/fonts/local.conf. If you had had a look at the original screenshot beforehand, you wouldn't have done this mistake.

[michaelzap]

Thanks. That did the trick. I was afraid to just delete it after how totally freaked it it was when I only removed the m$ fonts...

[digby]

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

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.

[newbie2]

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

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....

[lepre]

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

[Hairy_Palms]

nice howto, definately changes the font, im just confused though lol i genuinely cant decide if i like it better before or after