Install Microsoft ttf fonts on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Question

I'm new to use Ubuntu and need to use Microsoft TTF fonts with LibreOffice. Can anyone guide me how to do this using command line? I have already downloaded desired TTF file on my Ubuntu desktop.

Answer 1

This should help.

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Answer 2

Check out this more complete solution.

1. Windows Core fonts

   sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
   

2. Microsoft’s ClearType fonts (Windows Vista Fonts)

   wget https://gist.github.com/maxwelleite/10774746/raw/ttf-vista-fonts-installer.sh -q -O - | sudo bash
   

3. Microsoft Tahoma

   wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/maxwelleite/913b6775e4e408daa904566eb375b090/raw/cbfd8eb70184fa509fcab37dad7905676c93d587/ttf-ms-tahoma-installer.sh -q -O - | sudo bash
   

4. Wine Tahoma

5. Segoe UI

   $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
   $ cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/segoeui.ttf?raw=true -O segoeui.ttf # regular
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/segoeuib.ttf?raw=true -O segoeuib.ttf # bold
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/segoeuib.ttf?raw=true -O segoeuii.ttf # italic
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/segoeuiz.ttf?raw=true -O segoeuiz.ttf # bold italic
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/segoeuil.ttf?raw=true -O segoeuil.ttf # light
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/seguili.ttf?raw=true -O seguili.ttf # light italic
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/segoeuisl.ttf?raw=true -O segoeuisl.ttf # semilight
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/seguisli.ttf?raw=true -O seguisli.ttf # semilight italic
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/seguisb.ttf?raw=true -O seguisb.ttf # semibold
   $ sudo wget -q https://github.com/martinring/clide/blob/master/doc/fonts/seguisbi.ttf?raw=true -O seguisbi.ttf # semibold italic
   $ fc-cache -f /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
   

6. WPS Office Fonts (Symbol fonts)

   $ cd \tmp
   $ wget -O ttf-wps-fonts-master.zip https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/archive/master.zip
   $ unzip -LL ttf-wps-fonts-master.zip
   $ cd ttf-wps-fonts-master
   $ sudo ./install.sh
   

Answer 3

(1) First, connect your computer to the internet, then open Terminal, Ctrl+Alt+T , then type

sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

then press Enter.

(2) After a few seconds, this window comes out, press Tab and press enter on OK

(3) Then package installer comes out, press Tab and select Yes and press enter

(4) This will automatically take you back to the terminal, the process is running and end up automatically.

(5) Now you are done. Enjoy typing MS Font in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Answer 4

You can just double click on the file and click install on the above corner, .ttf can be easily installed like this or change the format to .otf