[Discuss] Microsoft fonts under linux

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 5/13/06, J.Bakshi <bakshi12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am using debian sarge. My word application is "abiword" I have no problem to
> see the documents created by M$-word and also abiword shows the *Arial* fonts
> of *those* word files. But I haven't found the *Arial* and some of the M$
> fonts when I like to create document under abiword. Could any one show me the
> way about getting M$ fonts under linux ?
>
> with regards,
> J. Bakshi

The msttcorefonts package  is probably what you are looking for:

http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/msttcorefonts

It will provide on your Debian or Ubuntu systems these Microsoft fonts:

  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


-- 
Daniel Robitaille