[lug] TrueType core fonts for linux

[Anders Knudsen]

On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 10:09, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> 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.

Better? How, what does the recompile do? HowTo link?
I've got corefonts installed and they are definitely worth it for the
web browsing. :)

-anders