Windows fonts

Pat pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com
Sat Sep 6 23:19:29 UTC 2008


James Gray wrote:
>
> On 07/09/2008, at 8:11 AM, Pat wrote:
>
>> What is the name of the package that will install Windows/Office fonts
>> like Times New Roman?
>
> >apt-cache search font | grep -i microsoft
> cabextract - a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files
> msttcorefonts - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
>
> So then you would simply:
> sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
>
> Or if you prefer to use the GUI, simply hunt down "msttcorefonts" and 
> click away :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> James

Thanks, that did it.

Pat Brown

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