Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Core Fonts

I try to keep the same set of "core fonts" - not just MS core web fonts 
- on all of my computers whether they are Windows or Ubuntu systems.  I 
tend to have over 100 fonts installed on these systems for greater 
flexability on the look of my documents printer/exported to PDF for 
distribution.  LO's Export to PDF, CUPS PDF printing for Linux, or doPDF 
PDF printing for Windows.

The font installer, and other fonts software, is a good place to look at 
specialty fonts that might be used for your documents.  I used to use 
some really "special" ones from time to time, like letters made out of 
bone or other holiday related fonts.

The core fonts that come with most MS systems, or the MS core font 
package for Linux, is just a start.  You really need to look at all of 
your options for typography of your documents.  Then using a PDF 
creation method, that embeds those fonts into your document, will make 
sure that your readers/users of those documents will see your work the 
way you want it to be seen.  LO does a good job with some of the popular 
fonts, but not as good on the decorative ones I tend to use.  That is 
where CUPS PDF and doPDF "PDF printer software" comes into play.  They 
will embed all of your specialty fonts into your documentation.  One day 
LO's Export to PDF will do that job as good as they do.

As someone who download over 100,000 fonts from free font sites, I can 
tell you that there are many great looking fonts out there for your text 
and "special" documents that can be better than the MS core fonts.  All 
you have to do is take the time to look, download, and test some of them 
side to side with the MS core fonts.

On 07/22/2012 01:50 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 07/22/2012 01:04 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> > 2012/7/21 Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com>:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I was wondering what would be considered the core fonts on Microsoft.
> > > After  ages fruitless searching I was wondering if anybody could 
> > > help me
> > > on what they would consider to be core fonts.
> > > I backed up my fonts folder from windows 7 before the change to ubuntu
> > > so I had all of them problem is I can not be bothered installing every
> > > single one of them!
> If you search for ttf-mscorefonts in Synpatic you might find them 
> already installed. Also, you can install a font installer via Synaptic 
> or the Software Center to install the fonts you backed up from Windows 7.
> > The quickest way, if you want to install those mss TTF core fonts from
> > the repositories, is from a terminal. Just copy this line into a
> > terminal and hit Enter. Note that the keyboard shortcut for Paste is
> > Ctrl+Shift+v, if you didn't edit those yourself:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install ms-corefonts-installer
> >
> > The package contains:
> > Andale
> > Arial Black
> > Arial
> > Comic Sans
> > Courier New
> > Georgia
> > Impact
> > Times New Roman
> > Trebuchet
> > Verdana
> > Webdings
> >
> > If you only want to use Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New, it's
> > recommended that you use the free fonts from the package
> > fonts-liberation instead (probably already installed on your system.
> > Those are called something like Liberation Sans (looks like Arial) and
> > so on.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Johnny Rosenberg
> > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
> >
> >
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