This Howto describes the steps to install Windows Truetype fonts onto a Debian system.

• You will need the “ttmkfdir” package, and Python.
• You will also need the Python script ”mkfontalias.py” which is available here.
• You might need permission to do these steps so I use “su” (note the ”#” prompt at the start of the line).
• You could install these fonts into /home/<username>/fonts, but remember to alter the paths in the instructions.
• You should have a licence to use MS fonts, (the gospel according to Bill).

 # mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
 # cp /c/windows/fonts/*.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts

 # apt-get install ttmkfdir

 # cd /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
 # ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale

 # head -1 fonts.scale > fonts.dir
 # tail +2 fonts.scale | tac >> fonts.dir
 # cp fonts.dir fonts.scale

 # cd /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
 # python <pathto>/mkfontalias.py
 # grep 'iso8859-1"' fonts.alias > new.alias
 # mv new.alias fonts.alias

Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to include this line

	FontPath	"/usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts"

as is including the tabspace and double quotes.

Run this line or restart the X server

 $ xset fp+ /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts

— Contributed by Douglas Orchard 2005/08/30 18:34