msttcorefonts

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 21:20 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Anyone managed to install the above in F9? The specfile requires
> > chkfontpath, which no longer seems to exist.
> 
> # yum info chkfontpath shows that the Fedora 8 version still exists in 
> the repository.

> Rahul

Not for me:

# yum info chkfontpath
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
updates                                                  | 2.4 kB     00:00
fedora                                                   | 2.4 kB     00:00
localrepo                                                | 2.7 kB     00:00
freshrpms                                                | 1.9 kB     00:00
Error: No matching Packages to list

> 
> Refer https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ for a alternative that is 
> installed by default in Fedora.

It doesn't say if the Liberation fonts have the exact same metrics as
those they replace. Without that, they are not 100% substitutes. It is
sometimes necessary to use the MS fonts for correct printing.

poc