Installing Microsoft True Type Fonts

I believe that a lot of people do wonders why some documents are not the same as provided. Its because Microsoft users uses different type of fonts. That the reason when you open the documents and you see it is different. And Microsoft’s True Type fonts can also be used on Linux. Not only can they improve visibility, they are essential for proper look and layout.

Arial, Times New Roman, Impact and Verdana are some of the most commonly used fonts. They are so widely used in fact that whenever you open a Word document from any computer, you immediately expect to find their presence. However, on your newly installed Linux (and many other Linux distros), you will find that there is absolutely no trace of any of these fonts.

The installation is very simple i must say:
For Ubuntu
Just type the command below:
$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

For Fedora
Make sure you have the following rpm-packages installed in your distribution. Any version should do.
rpm-build ($ yum install rpm-build)
wget ($ yum install wget)
ttmkfdir ($ yum install ttmkfdir)
cabextract ($ yum install cabextract)
xfs ($ yum install xfs)

Download the microsoft true type fonts package
$ wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec

Extract it
$ rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
(Keep note the path where the rpm is written and use it in the command for msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm)

Installing
$ rpm -ivh /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm

If the above failed, and you require chkfontpath. Download it.
$ wget http://dl.atrpms.net/f13-i386/atrpms/stable/chkfontpath-1.10.1-2.fc13.i686.rpm

Installing by the command:
$ rpm -ivh chkfontpath-1.10.1-2.fc13.i686.rpm

then you can install msttcorefonts again.

After the installation is finish, you are able to use the Microsoft True Type Fonts on your Linux. Just open your OpenOffice or Font in your appearance setting (Gnome base).