http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
HOST="http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/"
FILES=(andale32.exe arial32.exe arialb32.exe comic32.exe courie32.exe georgi32.exe impact32.exe \
times32.exe trebuc32.exe webdin32.exe verdan32.exe wd97vwr32.exe)
mkdir corefonts
cd corefonts
mkdir cab-contents
mkdir fonts
for element in $(seq 0 $((${#FILES[@]} - 1)))
do
wget ${HOST}${FILES[$element]}
if [ -f ${FILES[$element]} ]
then
cabextract.x86 --lowercase --directory=cab-contents ${FILES[$element]}
fi
if [ "wd97vwr32.exe" = ${FILES[$element]} ]
then
cabextract.x86 --lowercase --directory=cab-contents cab-contents/viewer1.cab
fi
cp cab-contents/*.ttf fonts
rm -f cab-contents/*
done
install -d -m 0755 /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts
cd fonts
for font in *ttf
do
install -m 0644 $font /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts
done
mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts
mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts
fc-cache -fv
Do not forget to update ///etc/X11/xorg.conf// and add a new //FontPath// entry in the //Files// section:
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/"