MS Fonts

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This HOWTO shows how to install TrueType core fonts for the Web package.
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According to original Microsoft's End User License Agreement, there are some legal limitations when using the font.
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About

The msfonts package adds fonts that were created by Microsoft.
You might want to use these when editing old MS word docs in openoffice.

Microsoft's EULA (excerpt)[1]

1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This EULA grants you the following rights:

  • Installation and Use. You may install and use an unlimited number of copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
  • Reproduction and Distribution. You may reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT; provided that each copy shall be a true and complete copy, including all copyright and trademark notices, and shall be accompanied by a copy of this EULA. Copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be distributed for profit either on a standalone basis or included as part of your own product.


2. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS.

  • Limitations on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, and Disassembly. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.
  • Restrictions on Alteration. You may not rename, edit or create any derivative works from the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, other than subsetting when embedding them in documents.
  • Software Transfer. You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this EULA, provided the recipient agrees to the terms of this EULA.
  • Termination. Without prejudice to any other rights, Microsoft may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and all of its component parts.

Included fonts

Fonts included are: Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Lucida Sans, Lucida Console, Microsoft Sans Serif, Symbol, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Verdana, Webdings and Wingdings.

Instructions

Currently, the preferred way of installing these fonts is through Arch extra repository. The old manual methods are still listed below for those interested.

Install from extra repository

The package for these fonts is available in the extra repository. Run the following command to install them:

# pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts

Manual install from avi.alkalay.net

Download: http://avi.alkalay.net/software/msfonts/download/ Mirror: http://webperf.org/msfonts/

To install (manually):

# tar zxvf msfonts-1.2.1.tar.gz
# cp -a msfonts-1.2.1/main /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ms
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ms
# ttmkfdir >fonts.scale
# mkfontdir
# fc-cache -v

Manual install from freshmeat.net

new repository from freshmeat.net: http://freshmeat.net/projects/msfonts/

To install (manually):

# tar xvfz webcore-fonts-1.3.tar.gz
# cp -a webcore-fonts/fonts /usr/share/fonts/ms 
# cd /usr/share/fonts/ms
# ttmkfdir >fonts.scale
# mkfontdir
# fc-cache -v

Tweaks

A complete guide on how to make the MS Fonts look as in Windows XP is found at http://www.sharpfonts.com/. In short, download the fonts as described above and use the authors tweaked xml files.

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