Display Microsoft fonts like on Windows

[emergence]

After installing windows fonts and the scripts you provided, the fonts in Ubuntu are exactly like Windows fonts without cleartype(very crisp). Is there a font smoothing algorithm for Ubuntu (or Linux in general) that is similar to cleartype? The font smoothing and hinting options for Ubuntu for don't work all that well... they're not as crisp and smooth as Windows fonts with cleartype.

[ajm2005]

[Falcorian]

Guide worked perfectly for me! Thanks!

[calande]

the trick is to get tahoma from a windows installation (it isn't included in the ms core fonts download package). Used with the method in this tip/ tutorial, things look just like a windows installation - i.e., crisp, non-blurred tahoma as the default system font.

Actually the original post offers two methods to install the fonts. If you download the fonts pack, it does include Tahoma

[nmincone]

I use either Automatix2 or EasyUbuntu to install not only the other font families mentioned here but all the media codecs and players and plug-ins as well. It makes working in Ubuntu much more like working in Windows altogether.

[logos34]

Thanks Calande!

That simple fontconfig fix sharpened things up quite a bit! Now tahoma renders crisply almost (but not exactly) as it does in windows. Web page fonts (except bold urls) much improved.

[graficus]

now everything looks like its windows 2000. i was hoping for xp cleartype look.

[frotzed]

I'm very very new to ubuntu and linux as a whole.

When in run this command in terminal: sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

I get to a confirmation notice, I type "y" and then hit enter.

I then get an error:

Err http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org edgy/3v1n0 flashplayer-nonfree 9.0.21.78.2ubuntu2+3v1ubuntu1
The HTTP server sent an invalid reply header
Failed to fetch http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/pool/edgy...untu1_i386.deb The HTTP server sent an invalid reply header
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

What's up with that? Why is installing a set of fonts so hard? I've been working on this for 8 hours and am getting VERY frustrated.

[Manzabar]

What's up with that? Why is installing a set of fonts so hard? I've been working on this for 8 hours and am getting VERY frustrated.

1. You're working with a 3rd party repository which appears to be broken.
2. You've got other non-font packages that do not appear to be installed correctly (e.g. flashplayer-nonfree sounds like it's broken). Apt (the cli utility behind Synaptic) is trying to automatically fix the broken packages; however since it's looking at a repository that is itself broken you kind of trapped. If you go back to my reply on your other post, we may be able to get your issues fixed.

[frotzed]

I got it all worked out, Manzabar! I'm so incredibly happy! Ubuntu rocks!