Microsoft ttf fonts freetype

jferrando · 01-25-2005, 05:06 PM

I have been able to get MS truetype fonts working in Debian, but only in one of the two installs I have made this week. In the second install when I go to "Applications - Desktop Preferences - Fonts", in the section <Details>, changing the selection in "Hinting" options does not affect the shape of the fonts. It seems like the
#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER
is not working.
I have followed basiclly the instructions in http://convexhull.com/mandrake_fonts.html.
Any idea?

macondo · 01-30-2005, 01:46 PM

Hmm, i did a:

#apt-get -y install msttcorefonts

and then rebooted and that was it! I'm using IceWM

redswarm · 01-31-2005, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by macondo
#apt-get -y install msttcorefonts

It's not there. Tried all three archives.

macondo · 01-31-2005, 06:26 PM

macondo@debian:~$ apt-cache search msttcorefonts
openoffice.org - high-quality office productivity suite
msttcorefonts - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
macondo@debian:~$ su

Do this:

#apt-get update
#apt-get -y install msttcorefonts

I'm using Sarge 2.4.27-2-686

redswarm · 02-01-2005, 04:04 AM

msttcorefonts happen to be in the contrib/ repository, which was not added to my sources.list. Problem has been solved.