Install Microsoft TrueType Fonts in Fedora and Ubuntu
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When it comes to typography, Microsoft TrueType fonts are both visually appealing and aesthetically pleasing. They’re found all over the web, usually specified in stylesheets. Unfortunately for Linux users, the most common TTFs aren’t installed (by default, that is). Instead, they are replaced by generic equivalents. With these font packages installed, you will see websites as the designer intended.
The Microsoft TrueType fonts package includes:
- 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
Installing MS TrueType fonts in Ubuntu
You can install the MS core fonts by installing the msttcorefonts package. You will need to enable the “Universe†component of the repositories (done by default in Feisty & Hardy). After that, run the following from the command line:
While this gives you the core fonts, it also gives you the ability to install any other font by simply copying the .TTF to the ~/.fonts/ directory.
When installing new fonts, you’ll need to re-login to be able to see & use them. Optionally, this step can be bypassed by regenerating the fonts cache with:
Installing MS TrueType fonts in Fedora
Yep, a few extra steps in Fedora, but still a cinch. From the shell:
wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
yum install rpm-build cabextract
rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
yum localinstall –nogpgcheck \
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
That should do it. Reinitialize the font cache, re-login or reboot and have another look at this site (with Georgia).
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Thanks I can confirm it work on my aspire one after a reboot.
I had to change the –nogpgcheck to –nogpgcheck to get the last 2 statements to work however
Thanks I can confirm it work on my aspire one after a reboot.
I had to change the –nogpgcheck to –nogpgcheck to get the last 2 statements to work however
For anyone that’s interested, it’s available in the FreeBSD ports under
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts
I have followed the instructions and successfully installed the fonts in my Acer Aspire One netbook.
The last command, however, requires a previous tweaking. First you have to open the yum configuration file as root:
sudo mousepad /etc/yum.conf
Then change the line containing “gpgcheck=1″ replacing the 1 by a 0 (zero). Save file.
Now you can proceed to the last command. By the way, the command you have to type to update the font cache is
sudo fc-cache -f -v
That should be enough!
Sorry, I forgot to remind you to undo the change in the yum configuration file once you have your fonts installed (i.e, restore the 1 in the gpgcheck line).
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yum install ttmkfdir is required now also on fedora
there are 2 dash for nogpgcheck
–nogpgcheck not -nogpgcheck
Few additions for fedora (I am using FC 15 x86_64)
1. If you encounter :
–
error: Failed build dependencies:
/usr/bin/ttmkfdir is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch
cabextract is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch
–
Then you need to install :
yum install cabextract ttmkfdir
rpm build should work now (unless you are missing some more dependencies)
2. RPMBUILD stored mstt*.rpm in /root/rpmbuild on my fedora
path: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch
I encountered another dependency on installing it.
yum localinstall –nogpgcheck msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
Error: Package: msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch (/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch)
Requires: /usr/sbin/chkfontpath
check if you can find chkfontpath in your yum repo. –> yum search chkfontpath. Otherwise, you can download the relative version from rpm.pbone.net
I didnt find it yum repos, so I downloaded the file from rpm.pbone.net
cd /usr/local/src/
wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/atrpms.net/f15-x86_64/atrpms/stable/chkfontpath-1.10.1-2.fc15.x86_64.rpm
yum localinstall –nogpgcheck chkfontpath-1.10.1-2.fc15.x86_64.rpm
yum localinstall –nogpgcheck msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
Running Transaction
Installing : msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch 1/1
Installed:
msttcorefonts.noarch 0:2.0-1
Complete!