How to install MS fonts on Ubuntu?
The fonts were definitely correctly installed, says the log.
Your problem, however, probably lies less with the fact that the fonts aren't in the list, but with the fact that you're trying to use the wrong fonts. The GUI terminal profile manager only allows choosing fixed width or monospace fonts by default. That means, a font with which you can see (if you definitely want it on the Terminal) whether or not the msfonts
are accessible from within Ubuntu would be the Courier New
.
They should also be available in LibreOffice, however.
There may be a way to force a non-monospace font to be displayed in the Terminal through altering the profile files to point to the correct font, but that's discouraged as monospace fonts are intended to make text-only formatting (f.e. ASCII drawings, character-based tables) possible.
michael
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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michael almost 2 years
I did
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
and it seems it is successfully. But why I am not seeing new fonts? (e.g. when I got to select font in my profile for my terminal)?$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer [sudo] password for cheungs: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 387 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/27.4 kB of archives. After this operation, 133 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. (Reading database ... 198874 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (from .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4ubuntu3_all.deb) ... mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted Processing triggers for fontconfig ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross- platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are still available from third parties. You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use, but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes to the file name or packaging format. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpKiZJn9.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting andale.inf extracting fontinst.exe extracting AndaleMo.TTF extracting ADVPACK.DLL extracting W95INF32.DLL extracting W95INF16.DLL All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpscRkMp.exe extracting FONTINST.EXE extracting fontinst.inf extracting Ariali.TTF extracting Arialbd.TTF extracting Arialbi.TTF extracting Arial.TTF All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpbj6o_K.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting AriBlk.TTF All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpPcR86z.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Comicbd.TTF extracting Comic.TTF extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpOhqPyy.exe extracting cour.ttf extracting courbd.ttf extracting courbi.ttf extracting fontinst.inf extracting couri.ttf extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmp4d_sD6.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Georgiaz.TTF extracting Georgiab.TTF extracting Georgiai.TTF extracting Georgia.TTF extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpWCFmAL.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Impact.TTF extracting fontinst.inf All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpdBzrJ6.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Times.TTF extracting Timesbd.TTF extracting Timesbi.TTF extracting Timesi.TTF extracting FONTINST.EXE All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpu_gD4C.exe extracting FONTINST.EXE extracting trebuc.ttf extracting Trebucbd.ttf extracting trebucbi.ttf extracting trebucit.ttf extracting fontinst.inf All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmpLiBv4G.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Verdanab.TTF extracting Verdanai.TTF extracting Verdanaz.TTF extracting Verdana.TTF All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /tmp/tmp_4WDyE.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Webdings.TTF extracting fontinst.inf extracting Licen.TXT All done, no errors. All fonts downloaded and installed. Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4ubuntu3) ...
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Admin over 11 yearsIn libreoffice, can you see these fonts? I think Terminal application doesn't support microsoft ttf fonts.Because, i also can't see these fonts when I got to select font in my profile for my terminal.
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Admin about 9 yearsthe fonts are also available unpacked on the web: google search for the fonts
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ISparkes about 7 yearsYou might need to log out and back in again to see the new fonts in LibreOffice if you just installed them... The new fonts are not available right away in the current session. Just sayin'...