Re: [LUG] OK so I've installed msttcorefonts...

[Tony Atkin <tone_pl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not yet got around to installing lots of truetype fonts on my new 
Debian 3 system but it is a job I need to do.   The Debian package 
"msttcorefonts" is, I understand, designed to download and install the 
Microsoft core fonts, but, as you say, Microsoft has stopped giving them away 
so I guess it will not work.  This may mean that you will have to do the 
whole job the hard way, but you will at least get to know a little more about 
how your system works along the way.

The .exe files you have may well be self-extracting executables or some sort 
of auto installing fonts.  Whatever the case it will probably be best if you 
can find a windows machine to put them on and run them there. 

If you are extracting fonts from a windows machine look in the /windows/fonts/ 
directory for files ending .TTF (or .ttf) . These are the font files you need 
to copy to your linux box.

There are detailed instructions on installing truetype fonts for Debian at:
http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/xfree4_tt.html . Follow the instructions 
for installing non packaged fonts.  I can't say I have done this myself, so I 
can't vouch for the quality of the instructions, but I will do in the near 
future unless someone has any other suggestions they can offer.   It's a job 
for a good shell script, not a human :)

Cheers

Tony

On Friday 27 September 2002 12:35 pm, admin wrote:
> Debian Linux 3
>
> Have installed msttcorefonts.
>
> Now need to actually out the font files themselves somewhere.
>
> Couldn't download form MS who have stopped giving them away, but got the
> files from another site.
>
> They are .exe files so are for a PC obviously.
>
> Evidently I need to have them in a form that Linux will use.
>
> Now, I have a PC box so I guess I've got the files as Truetype font files
> there somewhere an possible didn't need to download them??
>
> Do I...
>
> just copy whatever Truetype font files from the PC onto a CD or whatever
> and then copy them into a /etc/fonts/truetype (I'd need to create the
> directory /truetype (would I?)
>
> then run msttcorefonts and they'll then be available?
>
> Or...
>
> does Linux do something funky with the .exe files I downloaded?

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