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		<title>Truetype and Mac Fonts on Ubuntu</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[fonts]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are anything like me and find it hard to give your love to tinker with your font settings on ubuntu, try this:<br />
This will surely make you love your ubuntu desktop even more.</p>
<p>Open up a terminal window and type the following commands:</p>
<pre class="brush: bash; title: ; notranslate">
# wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/macfonts.tar.gz
# tar zxvf macfonts.tar.gz
# sudo mv macfonts /usr/share/fonts/
# sudo fc-cache -f -v
</pre>
<p>To add more choices you might also want to install the MS Truetype fonts as well.<br />
In the same terminal window type the following commands:</p>
<pre class="brush: bash; title: ; notranslate">
$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
$sudo fc-cache -fv
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<p>Logout of your X-Session and login again and then change your settings to use one the the following cool fonts to meet your taste.</p>
<p>True Typefonts:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andale Mono</li>
<li>Arial Black</li>
<li>Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)</li>
<li>Comic Sans MS (Bold)</li>
<li>Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)</li>
<li>Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)</li>
<li>Impact</li>
<li>Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)</li>
<li>Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)</li>
<li>Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)</li>
<li>Webdings</li>
</ul>
<p>and MAC Fonts:</p>
<ul>
<li>AppleGaramond</li>
<li>Aquabase</li>
<li>LITHOGRL</li>
<li>Lucida Grande</li>
<li>Lucida Mac</li>
<li>lucon</li>
<li>MacGrand</li>
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