[How To] Ubuntu includes the Liberation alternate fonts that include similar alternates to Times New Roman, Arial, and Courier New but these may not be the real Times New Roman, Arial, and other core Microsoft fonts. These fonts are widely used in docs, papers and websites.

Here we will tell you how easily you can add these core Microsoft fonts to Ubuntu. Afterall some universities or professors have their criteria for papers to be written either in Times New Roman or Arial.

Times New Roman, Arial for Ubuntu:

Using the Software Center, you can download and install Microsoft core fonts, like Times New Roman and Arial, for free. For this, open Applications menu, and click to go to Ubuntu Software Center.

In search box in upper right corner, search ttf-mscorefonts. Click Install on the “Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts” directly in the search results. A prompt to authenticate installation may appear so give your password and click Authenticate.

This will start the download process and depending on your connection speed it shall finish within few minutes or seconds may be. Anyways after installation is finished you can check it in OpenOffice. By default the OpenOffice uses Liberation Serif but after installing this font pack, the default font will switch to Times New Roman.

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