mscorefonts.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Downloads and extracts Microsoft core fonts.
# To make it available, move the output files to:
#
# User-wide: ~/.local/share/fonts [or] ~/.fonts
# System-wide: /usr/share/fonts
#
# Requires `cabextract`.
#
# Original source:
# https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/ms-core-fonts-on-silverblue/1916/5

mkdir -p mscorefonts
cd mscorefonts

url="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts"

fonts=(\
andale
arial
arialb
comic
courie
georgi
impact
times
trebuc
verdan
webdin)

for i in "${fonts[@]}"; do
    wget "${url}/${i}32.exe"
    cabextract "${i}32.exe" -d mscorefonts
    rm "${i}32.exe"
    break
done

mv mscorefonts/*{ttf,TTF} .
rm -d mscorefonts/*{DLL,exe,EXE,inf,TXT} mscorefonts