Linux arial font equivalent

If you open some Microsoft documents in LibreOffice on Linux, you’ll notice that the fonts look a bit different.

You’ll also notice that you cannot find common fonts like Times New Roman, Arial etc.

Don’t worry. I’ll show you how to install these fonts in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

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But before that, let me tell you why these fonts are not available by default.

Why are Microsoft fonts not installed by default in Linux?

Times New Roman, Arial, and other such fonts are owned by Microsoft, and they are not open source.

Many Linux distributions don’t provide proprietary software by default to avoid licensing issues. This is why Ubuntu and other Linux distributions use open-source fonts “Liberation fonts” to substitute Microsoft fonts by default.

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. When you open a document written in Times New Roman, the equivalent Liberation Font will be used to kee

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