if your are on Debian:

apt-get install msttcorefonts <return>

This is an install package.  that uses wget to download fonts form
microsoft.com
then extract them and make a font directory for you.

Package: msttcorefonts
Priority: optional
Section: contrib/graphics
Installed-Size: 156
Maintainer: Eric Sharkey <sharkey@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.6
Depends: wget, cabextract (>= 0.1-2), gawk | awk, xutils (>= 4.0.2),
debconf
Filename: pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/msttcorefonts_0.9.6_all.deb
Size: 10570
MD5sum: 0f90080a5cd845aef9d941a1b1b6a923
Description: Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
 This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type
 Core Fonts for the Web including:
 .
   Andale Mono
   Arial Black
   Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Comic Sans MS (Bold)
   Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Impact
   Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
   Webdings
 .
 You will need an Internet connection to download these modules from
 Microsoft's Web site.


On 10 Aug 2001 13:17:04 +0000, Nathan England wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2001 12:24:02 -0700, Carl Parrish wrote:
> > Okay everywhere I look I find fonts in .exe format. I don't have a 
> > single M$ computer anymore. So does anyone A) know of a site where I can 
> > find fonts in a Linux format (ie. .tar.gz) or B) know of something I can 
> > use to run .exe files on Linux?
> > 
> > Thank
> > 
> > Carl P (yeah I know I'm asking for  a lot today. <g>)
> > 
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> 
> I pulled off a bunch of fonts from work and sent them home..
> I still have them in a tgz file if you want them.. Where should I send
> them?
> 
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