Instalei o ttf-mscorefonts-installer
pacote para obter fontes extras para o meu sistema.
Então eu notei que os arquivos são "exe". Por que isso?
Tanto quanto eu sei, as fontes não são binárias.
$ sudo apt-get install "ttf-mscorefonts-installer"
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ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe