Add Microsoft Fonts (Including Tahoma) on Ubuntu; tested on 12.x, 13.04

msfonts_wrapper.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Install Microsoft Fonts (Including Tahoma) on Ubuntu

# Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1459709.html
# Ubuntu Forums > The Ubuntu Forum Community > Ubuntu Specialised Discussions > Art & Design > [SOLVED] How to Install Tahoma TTF
# by trentscott, April 22nd, 2010, 12:51 AM :: Simplified by me

prog=$(basename $0)

if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
	printf "Run 'sudo ./%s'\n" $prog
	exit 0
fi

set -o errexit 
apt-get install msttcorefonts
mkdir temp-tahomafont 
cd temp-tahomafont
wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/IELPKTH.CAB
cabextract IELPKTH.CAB
cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts

if fc-cache -fv; then
	cd ..
	rm -r temp-tahomafont
	echo "Microsoft fonts are now installed"
else
	echo "Could not rebuild font cache"
	exit 1
fi

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/IELPKTH.CAB

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