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== Availability ==
There are a lot of free fonts out there. For example, see John Strake's [http://www.thibault.org/fonts/essays/ Essays 1743 font] which was used in typesetting [http://diveintohtml5.info/index.html Dive Into HTML 5] Back in the old days, if you used Linux, you'd have to get the Microsoft Core Fonts separately from the operating system because although the fonts were not sold, they could not be distributed. * Check https://www.fontsquirrel.com/ for fonts you want* Check your package manager for fonts ** <code>apt-cache search "((otf|ttf)-)|(woff)"</code>** <code>apt-cache search "woff" --full</code> shows same results as <code>apt-cache show</code> for each found package
# The [https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ Liberation Fonts], initially released in 2007, is a font family which aims at metric compatibility with '''Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New'''. It is sponsored by [[Red Hat]]. They are included in most Linux distributions.
Alternately, you can simply put font files into /usr/local/share/fonts to install them system-wide. Run
* <code>sudo fc-cache -fv</code> to regenerate the systemwide font caches, verbosely, forcing re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files, overriding the timestamp checking.
* <code>sudo fc-list hack</code> List fonts matching 'hack' to verify installation
== Font Artists ==