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Unfortunately the Arial font that is present in LibreOffice (which ships with Ubuntu) looks far off from the Arial on a Windows PC. Is there a better match for it?

Michael Martin-Smucker
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If you installed Arial using the ttf-mscorefonts-installer then you have the very same Microsoft font on your machine.

Arial is merely the Microsoft version of Helvetica, you can try Liberation Sans instead, but this is a question of personal taste.

Jan
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  • I didn't install anything, it's the Arial that is present when opening up libre office. How would I install it? – empedokles Sep 08 '14 at 14:36
  • Id would have been good to mention LibreOffice in your question.
    You would install them using the above-mentioned ttf-mscorefonts-installer...     – Jan Sep 08 '14 at 14:57
  • Unfortunately your linked website doesn't contain any information on how to install it. – empedokles Sep 08 '14 at 14:59
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/307280/how-do-i-install-applications-in-ubuntu – Jan Sep 08 '14 at 15:00
  • nuc@nuc:~$ sudo apt-get ttf-mscorefonts-installer [sudo] password for nuc: E: Invalid Operation ttf-mscorefonts-installer – empedokles Sep 08 '14 at 15:20
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    you forgot "install"... – Jan Sep 08 '14 at 15:27