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http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/about19325.html
1、安装MS字体
cd /usr/share/fonts
sudo mkdir zh_CN
然后将MS的字体文件(simsun.ttc tahoma.ttf verdana.ttf verdanab.ttf verdanaz.ttf tahomabd.ttf verdanai.ttf)复制到zh_CN目录下
tahomabd.ttf可能xp中没有，我是在2003中找到的。
复制完以后要改变权限
cd zh_CN
sudo chmod 644 *
然后执行
sudo mkfontscale
sudo mkfontdir
sudo fc-cache
2、修改language-selector.conf文件
修改之前应该备份原来的（我的原始文件中是空的）。
sudo gedit /etc/fonts/language-selector.conf
<fontconfig>
<alias>
<family>serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
<family>SimSun</family>
<family>DejaVu Serif</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
<family>AR PL ZenKai Uni</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans-serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
<family>Simsun</family>
<family>DejaVu Sans</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
<family>AR PL ZenKai Uni</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>monospace</family>
<prefer>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
<family>Simsun</family>
<family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
<family>AR PL ZenKai Uni</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<match target="font" >
<test name="family" compare="contains" >
<string>SimSun</string>
<string>Song</string>
<string>Sun</string>
<string>Kai</string>
<string>Ming</string>
</test>
<test name="weight" compare="less_eq">
<int>100</int>
</test>
<test compare="more_eq" target="pattern" name="weight" >
<int>180</int>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="embolden" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<test name="family" compare="contains" >
<string>SimSun</string>
<string>宋体</string>
<string>宋体-18030</string>
<string>Song</string>
<string>Sun</string>
<string>Kai</string>
<string>Ming</string>
<string>黑体</string>
<string>新宋体</string>
<string>新宋体-18030</string>
<string>楷体_GB2312</string>
<string>仿宋_GB2312</string>
<string>隶体</string>
<string>SimSun-18030</string>
<string>SimHei</string>
<string>NSimSun</string>
<string>NSimSun-18030</string>
<string>KaiTi_GB2312</string>
<string>FangSong_GB2312</string>
<string>LiSu</string>
</test>
<edit name="globaladvance">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="spacing">
<int>0</int>
</edit>
<edit name="hinting">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="autohint">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="more_eq">
<int>12</int>
</test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq">
<int>24</int>
</test>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign" >
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
3 重启X-windows
按Ctrl+Alt+Backspace 或者 登出
4 字体设置
上面菜单 系统-首选项-字体
细节
firefox也需要设置一下
高级
终端字体现在非常难看，你要自己定义一下，自己选一个看着顺眼的吧。
如果你的机器上没有装Windows，我这里提供一个所需字体打包下载
大家注意，用windows字体存在版权问题。