After a week of Ubuntu, I still couldn’t get used to the fonts. I guess I just didn’t like those fonts too much. Here is how you can install the Microsoft TrueType core fonts which include the following:
- Andale Mono
- Arial Black
- Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Comic Sans MS (Bold)
- Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Impact
- Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Webdings
I am using Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) to do the installation.
- Open the Synaptic Package Manager. You can find that in System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.
- Search for “microsoft truetype”. You can access search through the toolbar. Alternatively, you can press CTRL + F for that.
- Right click on “msttcorefonts” and you choose “Mark for installation”. You may be prompted to install “cabextract” which is a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files. “cabextract” is required for installation of Microsoft TrueType core fonts.
- Click on Apply on the toolbar. Alternatively, you can press CTRL + P.
Just finish the installation and your familiar Microsoft core fonts such as Georgia, Verdana and Trebuchet MS would be back. I prefer surfing the internet with Trebuchet MS. Hope it helps. 
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This was super helpful. My worry is how to install office 07 in my machine. I read the other Blog and It said I need to install WINE , I managed to do that Only problem now is how do I install a software in terminal? They gave me some codes but when I paste them in terminal window nothing happens. That was the 4th step in the instruction, I stuck in there and gave up
by ZABLON (Nov 26, 2008 at 12 PM)