Is there a list of fonts supplied by the various linux distributions? From what I can tell, the mirrors which 'msttcorefonts' utilitses are holding a copies of the fonts originally supplied by Microsoft as part of their "MS Core Fonts" package which was released back in 1996 but discontinued in 2002. While MS no longer support this package, the EULA and FAQ states that they could be freely distributed so long as the contents remain intact (i.e. kept in their original .exe form, not the individual TTF files) . I guess this is to ensure that the end user agrees to the T&Cs when installing them. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/eula.htm http://www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq8.htm Iain ----- Original Message ---- From: Javier FernÃndez-Sanguino PeÃa <jfs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:28:09 PM Subject: [projectaon] Re: Font substitutes Looking in my system (Debian GNU/Linux) I don't see either Souvenir or Georgia available (either for X or for other subsystems, like TeTeX), and based on Microsoft's redistribution page (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/RedistributionFAQ.mspx) I don't believe I will see them installed by default in the future. The same might be true for other Linux distributions. There are, however, ways to install them automatically (Debian user can use the 'msttcorefonts' installer package which downloads the fonts from avialable mirrors and installs them in your system transparently to the user).