[Linux-disciples] Fonts and such

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 03:33:48PM -0500, Jason A. Smith wrote:
> Can anyone give me a quick 1...2...3... of fonts and Linux. I am having
> a hell of a time rendering some fonts on some websites - specifically my
> own website. Any pointers toward good basic info on this subject?

I have no especially good advice to give in the general
case. Actually, I'll focus a very specific question here to
perhaps guide the discussion: if I wanted to get Adobe
Minion Pro working on my machine, how would I do it? That
is, is there any way to get Adobe OpenType working under
Linux?

More specifically in answer to Jason's question: at least
until a little while ago, you could download some Microsoft
fonts that were released to the web under a lenient license,
and are still floating around under that old license. Under
Debian, I believe the package name is 'msttcorefonts'; you'd
do

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

See if that does what you want. It's got at least a few
basic fonts in there that everyone needs -- e.g., Verdana
and Georgia (both designed for Microsoft by the famed
typographer Matthew Carter).

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