Arial font

kuba · 02-14-2004, 05:50 PM

Im running on Fedora Core.
How can i get the Arial and Times New Roman fonts on my system.
Or witch FREE fonts are most similar?
I need it, beocuse IM SICK of thouse defoult fonts. (i think im using serif now)

synaptical · 02-14-2004, 06:09 PM

no offense, but arial is a crappy font -- a MS cheap imitation rip-off of helvetica. if you compare it to helvetica you can see that arial is poorly designed.

you can get the microsoft "core fonts" for linux, though, which comes with.verdana and i believe times new roman. just do a google, there's probably an rpm you can use. also try the Bitstream Vera fonts -- they are really nice. [download]

kuba · 02-15-2004, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by synaptical
no offense, but arial is a crappy font -- a MS cheap imitation rip-off of helvetica. if you compare it to helvetica you can see that arial is poorly designed.

you can get the microsoft "core fonts" for linux, though, which comes with.verdana and i believe times new roman. just do a google, there's probably an rpm you can use. also try the Bitstream Vera fonts -- they are really nice. [download]

Where can i get the ''helvetica'' fonts?
Where can i get the "microsoft "core fonts" for linux"?

jib2 · 02-15-2004, 05:56 AM

M$ stopped releasing these core fonts (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ck/default.htm )
just ask some Windows

user to copy the fonts for you on a floppy dk then install them on your linux box

Demonbane · 02-15-2004, 06:04 AM

http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

kuba · 02-15-2004, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jib2
M$ stopped releasing these core fonts (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ck/default.htm )
just ask some Windows user to copy the fonts for you on a floppy dk then install them on your linux box

Thanks

i never thought its so easy.
How do i make my browser (Epiphany) use the fonts now? Do you have to congurate the fonts in the 'preferences' or can you make the browswer use the fonts that are on the web page?