[hblug] Fonts Failures

[Brett Wilkins]

OK, I was close. The command is actually "sudo apt-get install 
msttcorefonts" where I originally forgot the 'install' part, and also 
there isn't an f in the package name. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Brett Wilkins

Brett Wilkins wrote:
> To add the ms core fonts to ubuntu the command is usually "sudo apt-get msttfcorefonts". Will confirm on pc after breakfast.
>
> Brett Wilkins
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Adams <linux_mike at paradise.net.nz>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 12:05 AM
> To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [hblug] Fonts Failures
>
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:01:51 +1300
> Perry Spiller wrote:
>
>   
>> After the various hardware and software fiddles on Wednesday
>> evening, I find that there's very few fonts 'active' in OO2, on
>> my wife's machine. Looking in the fonts folder, I notice that
>> few of the font names are rendering on screen as TT. I.e. they
>> seem to picking the nearest approximate equivalent. Mostly
>> Times or a subset like Times New Roman.
>>
>> After a brief hunt around the Ubuntu & OO HELP files, and
>> some www looking about, I'm none the wiser about how to
>> fix the problem.
>>
>>     
>
> Very few linux distros come with much in the way of TT fonts installed.
> Using the Adobe Postscript Type 1 format instead. For Microsoft Core
> Fonts there is usually a copy available via the installer.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web
>
> Look up "(distro name here) microsoft core fonts" on Google. Which would
> be "ubuntu microsoft core fonts" if i read the above corectly. If i
> remember correctly they may or may not be available to OO.o at first
> once installed.
>
>   


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