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Old 14th May 2019, 17:59   #8  |  Link
Nematocyst
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Originally Posted by qyot27 View Post
Considering all of those fonts are Windows- or macOS-specific until you get to sans-serif, this is exactly it.

http://ports.su/fonts/msttcorefonts

Granted, there's also the fact that the common DEs for *nixen do things like font hinting differently than Windows does, so even installing said fonts won't look exactly as they do on Windows either. But it'll be closer, at any rate.
Getting the windows core fonts isn't a bad idea. But often the problem is supporting cleartype, patented by Microsoft. You just have to enable it if that's the issue. See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...ixel_rendering

I'm just assuming BSD works similarly.

Having re-read that page, I want to clarify that you probably don't need to compile anything, rather make changes to ~/.fonts.conf (or maybe ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf) and restart your browser.

Last edited by Nematocyst; 15th May 2019 at 06:39. Reason: clarification
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