Use mac Fonts On UBUNTU (LINUX)

Mac fonts are lucrative to say the least. But what if you are a Linux user? Can you use their fonts in your good ol' Ubuntu? Preferably yes. Here is a very useful but simple article to download and install these Mac fonts to your Ubuntu and use them.
The Fonts

* AppleGaramond
* Aquabase
* LITHOGRL
* Lucida Grande
* Lucida Mac
* lucon
* MacGrand

Process

* Open up a terminal by Applications->Accessories->Terminal
* Copy/paste these commands:
wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/macfonts.tar.gz
tar zxvf macfonts.tar.gz
sudo mv macfonts /usr/share/fonts/
sudo fc-cache -f -v

Now the Mac Fonts are installed, if you like these fonts and want them to be the default gnome font, right click on your desktop and select Change Desktop Backround then click on Fonts, and you can customize your system fonts there.

Use mac Fonts On UBUNTU (LINUX)

Mac fonts are lucrative to say the least. But what if you are a Linux user? Can you use their fonts in your good ol' Ubuntu? Preferably yes. Here is a very useful but simple article to download and install these Mac fonts to your Ubuntu and use them.
The Fonts

* AppleGaramond
* Aquabase
* LITHOGRL
* Lucida Grande
* Lucida Mac
* lucon
* MacGrand

Process

* Open up a terminal by Applications->Accessories->Terminal
* Copy/paste these commands:
wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/macfonts.tar.gz
tar zxvf macfonts.tar.gz
sudo mv macfonts /usr/share/fonts/
sudo fc-cache -f -v

Now the Mac Fonts are installed, if you like these fonts and want them to be the default gnome font, right click on your desktop and select Change Desktop Backround then click on Fonts, and you can customize your system fonts there.

How To Install MS True Type Fonts In Linux

Microsoft's True Type fonts can also be used on Linux. Not only can they improve visibility, they are essential for proper look and layout if you are using Internet Explorer on Linux for testing etc. The installation is very simple… well almost:

wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec

Note the path where the rpm is written and use it in the command below.
rpm -ivh /[path to rpm]/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm

Restart the windows manager by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.

How To Install MS True Type Fonts In Linux

Microsoft's True Type fonts can also be used on Linux. Not only can they improve visibility, they are essential for proper look and layout if you are using Internet Explorer on Linux for testing etc. The installation is very simple… well almost:

wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec

Note the path where the rpm is written and use it in the command below.
rpm -ivh /[path to rpm]/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm

Restart the windows manager by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.