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Microsoft TrueType Fonts in Fedora 22

Some browsers like Google Chrome can display boxed characters using Flash. Using the TrueType fonts from Microsoft brings enlightment.

Preparation

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

Compilation

Login as non-root user

rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec 
cd rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch

Installation

sudo yum install msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm
microsoft_ttf_fedora.txt · Last modified: by herwarth