I'm a bit lazy with this....
I have an archive of all fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts - I simply extract
this to a new directory in /usr/share/fonts/Windows.
I then run the following as root:
fc-cache -f -v
From then on, all the windows fonts are available.
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On 12/03/14 04:43, צביקה הרמתי wrote:
> Actually, I already have the liberation fonts installed.
>
> To be more detailed, the application that needs the fonts is Cadence
> Specman, which currently looks awful (compared to other machines I used).
> I'm not 100% sure, but it's claimed that MS fonts should solve the
> problem, so it's worth trying.
>
> Regarding
> http://oimon.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/msttcorefonts-on-rhel6-centos-6-sl6/,
> well, I saw that link, and something is strange there.
> They take http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec and
> patch it.
> However, there is already
> http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
> Therefore, I assumed that the previous post is outdated.
>
> That's the reason I wanted to hear some opinions, before trying a
> process that I don't fully understand...
>
> 2014-03-11 19:35 GMT+02:00 Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> > On 03/11/2014 12:09 PM, צביקה הרמתי wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > What's the best way to install MS TTF fonts?
> > In Debian/Ubuntu, I just installed "ttf-mscorefonts-installer".
> > Googling gave some peculiar answers; I wandered what's the common
> practice.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zvika
> >
> >
> > I personally prefer the Liberation Fonts. They are very similar
> to the
> > mscorefonts but under a less restrictive license.
> >
> > As root:
> > yum install liberation-serif-fonts liberation-sans-fonts
> > liberation-mono-fonts
> >
> > Should provide them.
> >
> > Pat
>
> +1 for the Liberation fonts.
>
> But if you _must_ install ttf fonts for some reason, check this out:
>
> http://oimon.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/msttcorefonts-on-rhel6-centos-6-sl6/
> <http://oimon.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/msttcorefonts-on-rhel6-centos-6-sl6/>
>
> (not tested by me)
>
> Akemi
>
>
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