[Discuss] Microsoft fonts under linux

[J.Bakshi]

On Saturday 13 May 2006 9:35 pm, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> 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

Thanks a lot for the valuable information. I'll let you know after 
checking the msttcorefonts in my system