[Bug 409101] Re: ttf-liberation renders half ttf-mscorefonts-installer useless, though the rest may still be needed

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  ttf-liberation renders half ttf-mscorefonts-installer useless, though
  the rest may still be needed

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  If I install both ttf-liberation and ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  (formerly msttcorefonts), web browsers use only Microsoft fonts and
  ignore ttf-liberation completely because I think fontconfig prefers,
  e.g., Arial to Liberations Sans if Arial is requested. And that is bad
  because ttf-liberation look better, at least in Linux :) If I install
  only ttf-liberation, which replaces only Arial, Times New Roman and
  Courier New, then the web looks incomplete without fonts like Verdana
  and Georgia. I even miss Comic Sans.

  Well, then, here's my dilemma: which one to use?

  I suggest that ttf-mscorefonts-installer be split into two packages:
  the fonts already replaced by the free software community, which would
  be called something like ttf-mscorefonts-base, and the fonts which
  sadly have no metric alternative (ttf-mscorefonts-extra).

  Or else make fontconfig use Liberation fonts instead of Arial, Times
  New Roman and Courier New even if those are available by default.

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