Lotusphere Presenters Need Tahoma Font, Missing in Ubuntu
Category Ubuntu
The official presentation template for Lotusphere 09 requires the Tahoma font. This is one of the fonts that Microsoft released years ago, and is included in a Linux collection, "msttcorefonts." I'll be using my Ubuntu Dell XPS laptop, when I present at this years Lotusphere, and for some odd reason Ubuntu (and Debian) don't include Tahoma in their msttcorefonts set.
However, Microsoft still makes the font available for download, and it's easy to install:
Thanks to MonoGuy for the specifics. Tahoma is a nice looking font, just don't forget to set your sub-pixel smoothing to get your best results. Look under System/Preferences/Appearance and Fonts for the configuration.
The official presentation template for Lotusphere 09 requires the Tahoma font. This is one of the fonts that Microsoft released years ago, and is included in a Linux collection, "msttcorefonts." I'll be using my Ubuntu Dell XPS laptop, when I present at this years Lotusphere, and for some odd reason Ubuntu (and Debian) don't include Tahoma in their msttcorefonts set.
However, Microsoft still makes the font available for download, and it's easy to install:
wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/IELPKTH.CAB
cabextract -d tahomafont IELPKTH.CAB
sudo cp tahomafont/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
rm -rf tahomafont/
sudo fc-cache -fv
Thanks to MonoGuy for the specifics. Tahoma is a nice looking font, just don't forget to set your sub-pixel smoothing to get your best results. Look under System/Preferences/Appearance and Fonts for the configuration.
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