Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Fonts

  1. Here are some beautiful alternatives to Windows fonts:
    • Serif fonts (alternatives to Times New Roman, Georgia, Garamond, etc.): Norasi, Nimbus Roman No 9 L, FreeSerif, DejaVu Serif.
    • Sans-serif fonts (alternatives to Verdana, Tahoma, etc.): DejaVu Sans, FreeSans.
    • Fixed-width fonts (alternatives to Courier New, Lucida Console, etc.): DejaVu Sans Mono, FreeMono.
  2. If, after trying the fonts above, you still want to get Windows fonts, here's how:
    sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

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