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• Install fonts in office 365 how to#

Good thing is that you can install the Microsoft fonts on Ubuntu and other distributions easily. They require you to submit the documents in one of those fonts. A very common scenario is that Microsoft’s fonts are the only option is in schools, universities and other public and private organizations. However Liberation fonts are not identical to Microsoft’s fonts and in some cases you may need to use Arial or Times New Roman. When you open a document written in Times New Roman, the equivalent Liberation Font will be used to keep the document uninterrupted. The Liberation Fonts were created by Red Hat to substitute Arial, Arial Narrow, Times New Roman and Courier New as their width is the same.

This is why Ubuntu and other Linux distributions use an open source fonts “Liberation fonts” to substitute Microsoft fonts by default. Many Linux distributions don’t provide proprietary software by default to avoid licensing issue. Times New Roman, Arial and other such fonts are owned by Microsoft and they are not open source. Why Microsoft fonts are not installed by default in Linux? But before that, let me tell you why these fonts are not available by default.

Install fonts in office 365 how to#

I’ll show you how to install these fonts in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

You’ll also notice that you cannot find common fonts like Times New Roman, Arial etc.ĭon’t worry. If you open some Microsoft documents in LibreOffice on Linux, you’ll notice that the fonts look a bit different.