Microsoft fonts
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Installation
Current Packages
Available in the AUR:
- ttf-win7-fontsAUR — Windows 7 fonts
- ttf-office-2007-fontsAUR — Microsoft Office 2007 fonts
- ttf-ms-win8AUR — Windows 8 fonts
Legacy Packages
ttf-ms-fontsAUR 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-tahomaAUR or ttf-microsoft-tahomaAUR from the AUR, which as you might expect contains Tahoma.
ttf-vista-fontsAUR is also available in the AUR and include:
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 sharpfontsAUR 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
.