Some browsers like Google Chrome can display boxed characters using Flash. Using the TrueType fonts from Microsoft brings enlightment.
Download the latest spec file. http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
Install necessary build tools:
yum install cabextract rpm-build
Login as non-root user
mkdir -p rpmbuild/BUILD mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch
Login as non-root user
rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec cd rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch
sudo yum install msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm