Script to install Microsoft Vista TrueType Fonts (TTF) aka Microsoft’s ClearType fonts on Ubuntu distros

ttf-vista-fonts-installer.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Author: Maxwel Leite
# Website: http://needforbits.wordpress.com/
# Description: Script to install Microsoft Vista TrueType Fonts (TTF) aka Microsoft’s ClearType fonts on Ubuntu distros
#              Microsoft added a group of new "ClearType Fonts" to Windows with Windows Vista and Office 2007.
#              These fonts are named Constantia, Corbel, Calibri, Cambria (and Cambria Math), Candara, and Consolas. 
#              Calibri became the default font on Microsoft Word 2007, and it’s still the default font on Word 2016 today.
# Dependencies: wget, fontforge and cabextract
# Note: Microsoft no longer provides the PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (v12.0.4518.1014) or any version anymore for download
# Tested: Ubuntu Saucy/Trusty/Xenial/Bionic

output_dir="/usr/share/fonts/truetype/vista"
tmp_dir="/tmp/fonts-vista"

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo -e "You must be a root user!\nTry: sudo ./ttf-vista-fonts-installer.sh" 2>&1
    exit 1
fi

if ! which wget >/dev/null; then
    echo "Error: wget is required to download the file"
    echo "Run the following command to install it:"
    echo "sudo apt-get install wget"
    exit 1
fi

if ! which cabextract >/dev/null; then
    echo "Error: cabextract is required to unpack the files"
    echo "Run the following command to install it:"
    echo "sudo apt-get install cabextract"
    exit 1
fi

if ! which fontforge >/dev/null; then
    echo "Error: fontforge is required to convert TTC files into TTF"
    echo "Run the following command to install it:"
    echo "sudo apt-get install fontforge"
    exit 1
fi

file="$tmp_dir/PowerPointViewer.exe"
mkdir -p "$tmp_dir"
cd "$tmp_dir"
err=0

echo -e "\n:: Downloading PowerPoint Viewer...\n"
wget -O "$file" https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744/http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    rm -f "$file"
    echo -e "\nError: Download failed!?\n"
    err=1
else
    echo -e "Done!\n"
fi

if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then
    echo -n ":: Extracting... "
    cabextract -t "$file" &> /dev/null
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Error: Can't extract. Corrupted download!?"
        err=1
    else
        cabextract -F ppviewer.cab "$file" &> /dev/null
        cabextract -L -F '*.tt?' ppviewer.cab &> /dev/null
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
            echo "Error: Can't extract 'ppviewer.cab' from 'PowerPointViewer.exe'. Corrupted download!?"
            err=1
        else
            echo "Done!"
        fi
    fi
fi

if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then
# If you need the Cambria and Cambria Math (regular) font, you'll need to convert it to TTF because the font is available
# as a TrueType Collection (TTC) and unless you convert it, you won't be able to use it in LibreOffice for instance. 
    echo -n ":: Converting 'Cambria Regular' and 'Cambria Math Regular' (TTC - TrueType Collection) to TrueType (TTF)... "
    fontforge -lang=ff -c 'Open("cambria.ttc(Cambria)"); Generate("cambria.ttf"); Close(); Open("cambria.ttc(Cambria Math)"); Generate("cambriamath.ttf"); Close();' &> /dev/null
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Error: Can't convert file 'combria.ttc'."
        err=1
    else
        echo "Done!"
    fi
fi

if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then
    echo -n ":: Installing... "
    mkdir -p "$output_dir"
    cp -f "$tmp_dir"/*.ttf "$output_dir"  &> /dev/null
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Error: Can't copy files to output directory."
        err=1
    else
        echo "Done!"
    fi
fi

if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then
    echo -n ":: Clean the font cache... "
    fc-cache -f "$output_dir" &> /dev/null
    echo "Done!"
fi

echo -n ":: Cleanup... "
cd - &> /dev/null
rm -rf "$tmp_dir" &> /dev/null
echo "Done!"

if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then
    echo -e "\nCongratulations! Installation successful!!\n"
else
    echo -e "\nSome error occurred! Please try again!!\n"
fi

To execute this gist, run the line bellow in terminal:

wget https://gist.github.com/maxwelleite/10774746/raw/ttf-vista-fonts-installer.sh -q -O - | sudo bash

good day! do you have an update for this, please? I just tried it out but it gave me the following, twice:

`2018-06-13 13:10:32 (2.37 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/fonts-vista/PowerPointViewer.exe’ saved [26882]

referer=https://www.filehorse.com/download-powerpoint-viewer/3907/: Scheme missing.
FINISHED --2018-06-13 13:10:32--
Total wall clock time: 15s
Downloaded: 1 files, 26K in 11s (2.37 KB/s)

Error: Download failed!?

:: Cleanup... Done!

Some error occurred! Please try again!!
`

Thanks

@ChrisCharavata take a look here https://github.com/a13/ttf-vista-fonts

I've forked this gist to use CNet to provide the upstream download server - worked for me, but issues may be caused by the token in the download link.

@liamstaras Thanks for the trick mate. I got a new token from cnet and replaced it on the url. Boom!

good day! do you have an update for this, please? I just tried it out but it gave me the following, twice:

`2018-06-13 13:10:32 (2.37 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/fonts-vista/PowerPointViewer.exe’ saved [26882]

referer=https://www.filehorse.com/download-powerpoint-viewer/3907/: Scheme missing.
FINISHED --2018-06-13 13:10:32--
Total wall clock time: 15s
Downloaded: 1 files, 26K in 11s (2.37 KB/s)

Error: Download failed!?

:: Cleanup... Done!

Some error occurred! Please try again!!
`

Thanks

Fixed broken link. Now link mirror from Internet Archive!

For which purpose is "PowerPointViewer.exe" required. Is this not a Microsoft program? And does it even run in Linux? *Confused

The font files are unpacked from the exe from Microsoft, that's why.

Hi Maxwel, I tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian Buster (docker), it can read .TTC, so dont need to convert .TTC to .TTF.
https://gist.github.com/maxwelleite/10774746#file-ttf-vista-fonts-installer-sh-L78

I used this to install Calibri on Mac OS.

1. brew install cabextract
2. Download https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744/http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe
3. cabextract -F ppviewer.cab "PowerPointViewer.exe" &> /dev/null
4. cabextract -L -F '*.tt?' ppviewer.cab &> /dev/null
5. Install fonts using Font Book.app