Firstly, setup the directory to store the downloaded files in:
mkdir /sources/fonts cd /sources/fonts
Next download a bog standard, and nice looking, free font, Dejavu. The commands basically 1. make a folder in /usr/share/fonts 2. copies all ttf files into that directory 3. runs the program fc-cache to load the ttf files.
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/dejavu/files/dejavu/2.32/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.32.tar.bz2/download tar -jxvf dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.32.tar.bz2 cd dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.32/ttf install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu && install -v -m644 *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/dejavu && fc-cache -v /usr/share/fonts/dejavu cd ../../ rm -rf dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.32
Next we are going to install some Microsoft fonts - which are freely licensed. To do this we are going to need a bit of software to unpack the Microsoft archive:
wget http://www.cabextract.org.uk/cabextract-1.2.tar.gz tar -xzvf cabextract-1.2.tar.gz cd cabextract-1.2 ./configure --prefix=/usr && make make install cd .. rm -rf cabextract-1.2
Now we need to get the fonts:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe/download wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe/download
We then install the fonts using a bit of a script to automate the repetitive commands. Apart from the cabextract command basically we are doing the same as the Dejavu commands above.
for msfont in andale32 arial32 arialb32 comic32 courie32 georgi32 impact32 times32 trebuc32 verdan32 webdin32 do mkdir $msfont cabextract $msfont.exe -d $msfont cd $msfont install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts/$msfont install -v -m644 *.TTF /usr/share/fonts/$msfont install -v -m644 *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/$msfont fc-cache -v /usr/share/fonts/$msfont cd .. rm -rf $msfont done
I am not entirely sure if this last step actually does anything, but it is supposed to make a config file which anti aliases the fonts.
cat > ~/.fonts.conf << "EOF"
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
EOF
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