In this blog post, I’ll show you how to install Windows fonts in Arch Linux using PKGBUILD

Download Windows 11 Fonts

1. First, you need to download the Windows 11 fonts.
   • https://pomf2.lain.la/f/ozr86mc8.zst
2. After downloading the fonts, extract the files. The format is a zst file, which you can extract with zstd.

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zstd -d Windows\ 10\ Fonts.tar.zst
tar -xvf Windows\ 10\ Fonts.tar

3. Navigate to the font’s directory you just extracted and run this command.

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makepkg -si PKGBUILD

4. Wait until installation completed.

Issue

Some Microsoft TTF fonts such as Calibri and Cambria contain embedded bitmap fonts for specific font sizes, which are not anti-aliased. If embedded bitmaps are enabled, the fonts are not anti-aliased at those specific sizes. Embedded bitmap fonts can be disabled in the Font configuration:

1. The configuration of the font is located at:
   • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf
   • /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
2. You should edit the fonts.conf and add this line.

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="font">
    <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
      <bool>false</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

3. Finally, please execute this command sudo fc-cache -f after editing fonts.conf

Source

1. ArchWiki: wiki.archlinux.org/title/Microsoft_fonts
2. Original PKGBUILD are from AUR: aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-ms-win11