MS Fonts

Summary
Installing TrueType Microsoft fonts and emulating Windows' font rendering
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Installation

Current Packages

Note: These packages do require access to a Windows 7/8 and/or a Office 2007 setup or installation media, consult corresponding PKGBUILD for details.

Available in the AUR:

• ttf-win7-fonts — Windows 7 fonts
• ttf-office-2007-fonts — Microsoft Office 2007 fonts
• ttf-ms-win8 — Windows 8 fonts

Legacy Packages

Note: The fonts provided by these packages are out-of-date and are missing modern hinting instructions and the full character sets. It is recommended to use the above packages.

ttf-ms-fonts is available in the AUR.

According to original Microsoft's End User License Agreement, there are some legal limitations when using the fonts.

The package includes:

• Andalé Mono
• Arial
• Arial Black
• Comic Sans
• Courier New
• Georgia
• Impact
• Lucida Sans
• Lucida Console
• Microsoft Sans Serif
• Symbol
• Times New Roman
• Trebuchet
• Verdana
• Webdings
• Wingdings

You can also obtain ttf-tahoma or ttf-microsoft-tahoma from the AUR, which as you might expect contains Tahoma.

ttf-vista-fonts is also available in the AUR and includes:

• Calibri
• Cambria
• Candara
• Consolas
• Constantia
• Corbel

Sharp fonts resembling Windows XP

A complete guide on how to make the MS Fonts look as in Windows XP is found at http://www.sharpfonts.co.cc/ (site down, try sharpfonts in the AUR). In short, install the fonts as described above and use the author's modified XML files.

Smooth fonts resembling Windows 7

Use Infinality's patched freetype2 package, and use the Windows 7 profile in the provided local.conf.