[lug] TrueType core fonts for linux

Fri Nov 15 10:09:42 MST 2002

On Thursday 14 November 2002 07:56 pm, bill ehlert wrote:
>     http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
>
>     "Installing Microsoft's TrueType core
>     fonts for the web on any rpm based
>     linux box with TrueType support is
>     now easy. The instructions below
>     have been tested on RedHat Linux 7.3
>     and 8.0, but they are fairly generic
>     so they should apply to any rpm based
>     linux distribution. If you are running
>     debian, please have a look here."

These fonts make OpenOffice look really good.  There are instructions 
somewhere (I found it on lwn.net a couple of weeks ago) for recompiling 
the font server to make the fonts look even better.

--Michael