Re: [libreoffice-users] More fonts

On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:55 +0100, "Tom Davies" <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi :)
> Ok, in Ubuntu 10.04 it's probably easiest to use the Synaptic Package
> Manager
> System - Administration - Synaptic
> because it allows you to get specific components of programs and things. 
> The 
> command-line might not be immediately obvious and the Software Centre is
> more 
> about entire programs rather than add-ons and stuff.
>
> Use either search-tool to find 
> ttf-mscorefonts-installer
> or the slightly older name
> msttcorefonts
>
> Installing either of those gives you about 6 of the basic MS fonts.  You
> have to 
> agree to their EULA this way and the fonts are just the basic MS ones;
> Arial, 
> Times New Roman, Verdana, Comic Sans errr & i think webdings(?!).  
>
>
> I think Webmaster at Kracked Press has a huge variety of each of those on 
> copy-left agreements (OpenSource, Free ones) and could help you put them
> in the 
> right place.  One of the advantages with the packages i mention is that
> they 
> look exactly the same and have exactly the same names in Windows, also
> the one 
> package does all the work for you to get all 6 sorted fairly neatly.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)

Tom,

Thanks!  All is well and I'm ready to write business letters.

Dave,
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