How to install Microsoft fonts like Calibri

[Member PPC]

To increase compatibility with text documents from MS Office users, you can Install ttf-mscorefonts-installer from Synaptic.
but that package does not include newer fonts like Calibri…
So solve that:

1- Download the newer Microsoft fonts, that are included in the free MS PowerPointViewer installer (faster using the terminal, you can also download using a web browser):
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe
2- Using a file manager, navigate to the folder where you downloaded that file and using archive manager, extract the cab file from the .exe, then extract the needed .TTF files (like CALIBRI*.TTF) to your home folder
3- Create the right folder to store the font, on your OS (faster using the terminal, you can also do this using a file manager in root mode):
sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/calibri/
4- Copy the font files to that folder (faster using the terminal, you can also do this using a file manager in root mode):
sudo cp ~/CALIBRI*.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype/calibri/
5- Reload the fonts cache (faster using the terminal, the other choice is restarting antiX):
sudo fc-cache -f -v

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[Member dr-kart]

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another option – old school – https://wiki.debian.org/SubstitutingCalibriAndCambriaFonts

Maybe some find it usefull.

[Member PPC]

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@dr-kart Thanks, I found it usefull!
For newbies, in particular it may be easier to just perform “LibreOffice font substitution” like that link exemplifies:

In LibreOffice, you exchange Calibri and Cambria with Carlito and Caladea this way:

Open the “Extras” menu
Go to “Options”

Choose “LibreOffice”
Choose “Fonts”

Remember to check “Always” in the substitution lines.

NOTE 1:
`In LibreOffice 6.4, to perform font substitution I had to do this:

– Open LibreOffice ; Menu “Tools” – “Options” – Choose “LibreOffice” – Choose “Fonts”
– Define the substitution for each of the two fonts (Calibri -> Carlito, Cambria -> Caladea), Clicking the (V) icon to the write of where you select the substitutions after entering each one; Check the “Apply…” box underneath and finally click the button to Accept the changes… `

(the link dr-kart made available has a screen grab that shows exactly what the user needs to do in LibreOffice to perform these substitutions.

Note 2: as documented on-line, these official Microsoft fonts look worse in non MS Windows OS’s than in Windows – I find that “Calibri”, for example is way narrower and harder to read than “Carlito”.

[Member fungalnet]

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Doesn’t this package include calibri? fonts-crosextra-carlito

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[Member PPC]

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fungalnet wrote:

Doesn’t this package include calibri? fonts-crosextra-carlito

Not really- characters in Carlito occupy exactly the same space as characters formated in Calibri- but it’s not the same font.
LibreOffice can be set up (as discussed above) to substitute on font by another… So, when we open a document using the Calibri font, the format should be exactly the same as it was in MS Office.
I’m not really sure what Ms Office users would get if they open a document file written using “Carlito” or any other font not available by default in Windows…
So, to have maximum cross platform compatibility my solution is using the same fonts as MS Office users have.

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[Member PPC]

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Just installed version 74 here…
thanks anti
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The question is whether some of those “brand” fonts are free or are hacked from windows (non-free).

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