Installation of Microsoft Fonts
This guide explains how to install the following Microsoft fonts on Linux: Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Webdings, Verdana, Wingdings, Tahoma, Lucida, and Calibri.
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An additional section below details the installation of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indic specific fonts. |
Red Hat / Fedora (CentOS) Linux Distributions
1 - Install mscorefonts (for example, Arial, Comic Sans MS…)
Install tools:
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# yum install rpm-build
# yum install ttmkfdir
# yum install xfs
# yum install chkfontpath
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The latter two commands are not required when installing to the newer systems (CentOS 6.* / Redhat 6.*)
Install CABExtract tool:
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# yum install cabextract
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If above fails, you may use following alternative commands for CABExtract tool installation:
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# wget http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/cabextract-1.1-2.i386.rpm
# rpm -ihv cabextract-1.1-2.i386.rpm
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Install MSTTCoreFonts:
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# wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
# rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
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If above rpmbuild command is successfull it writes few lines before the end the messages similar to:
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Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.src.rpm
Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm
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Check for the path where msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm is located as the result of rpmbuild command above. Use that path in the next command:
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# yum localinstall --nogpgcheck /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm
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The command above should finish with the message similar to:
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Installed:
msttcorefonts.noarch 0:2.5-1
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2 - Install Vista and Microsoft Office Fonts (for example, Tahoma, Calibri…)
To install the fonts you need to download Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from this location:
Using cabextract utility only the specific ppviewer.cab package will be extracted from the file PowerPointViewer.exe. The file contains Vista and Microsoft Office fonts that will be used for the local installation:
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# cabextract -F ppviewer.cab PowerPointViewer.exe
# mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ppt
# cabextract -F '*.TT?' -d /usr/share/fonts/ppt ppviewer.cab
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3 - Clear Fonts Cache
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# fc-cache -fv
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4 - Restart the Prizm Service
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# /usr/share/prizm/scripts/proxyserver.sh restart
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Debian (Ubuntu) Linux Distributions
1 - Install mscorefonts (for example, Arial, Comic Sans MS…)
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# sudo apt-get -y install msttcorefonts
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2 - Install Vista & Microsoft Office Fonts (for example, Tahoma, Calibri…)
To install the fonts you need to download Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from this location:
Using cabextract utility only the specific ppviewer.cab package will be extracted from the file PowerPointViewer.exe. The file contains Vista and Microsoft Office fonts that will be used for the local installation:
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# sudo apt-get install cabextract
# sudo cabextract -F ppviewer.cab PowerPointViewer.exe
# sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ppt
# sudo cabextract -F '*.TT?' -d /usr/share/fonts/ppt ppviewer.cab
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3 - Clear Fonts Cache
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# sudo fc-cache -fv
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4 - Restart the Prizm Service
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# sudo /usr/share/prizm/scripts/proxyserver.sh restart
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Installation of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indic Specific Fonts
Red Hat / Fedora (CentOS) Linux Distributions
1 - Install Fonts
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# yum install fonts-chinese
# yum install fonts-japanese
# yum install fonts-korean
# yum install fonts-kannada
# yum install fonts-hindi
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2 - Clear Fonts Cache
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# fc-cache -fv
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3 - Restart the Prizm Service
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# /usr/share/prizm/scripts/proxyserver.sh restart
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Debian (Ubuntu) Linux Distributions
1 - Install Necessary Tools
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# sudo apt-get -y update
# sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties
# sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
# sudo apt-get -y update
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2 - Install Fonts: Chinese (traditional, simplified), Korean, Japanese, Indic
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# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-arphic-ukai
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-arphic-uming
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-arphic-bkai00mp
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-arphic-gkai00mp
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-wqy-zenhei
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-sazanami-mincho
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-sazanami-gothic
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-unfonts-core
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-unfonts-extra
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-unfonts
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-takao
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-kochi-gothic
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-kochi-mincho
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-baekmuk
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-indic-fonts
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-tmuni
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-dzongkha
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-khmeros
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-jura
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-sinhala-lklug
# sudo apt-get -y install ttf-sil-padauk
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3 - Clear Fonts Cache
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# sudo fc-cache -fv
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4 - Restart the Prizm Service
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# sudo /usr/share/prizm/scripts/proxyserver.sh restart
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