> [...] i've seen some
> suggestions to use fonts off the m$ site. after a while i tried it but
> all i see are .exe files. can somebody explain the business with
> freefont and also point me to the source of .ttf? please, cc me as i'm
> temporary unsubscribed. tia,
>
Windows stores the truetype fonts in \Windows\fonts. Copy them to
/usr/share/fonts/truetype in Linux and type "xfstt --sync".
There should be a man page and you should read it. Have a look
at /usr/doc/xfstt, too. A list of servers to download truetype fonts
from is given there.