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   s|b to Paul   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   31 Oct 25 20:45:57   
   
   From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:23:38 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > There are a set of free Microsoft fonts (as a package)   
   > that may be listed in WineTricks. They might have been   
   > TrueType ones, basic ones (like a TimesRoman maybe, plus   
   > a few others). I'm not very good at the Wine thing,   
   > of picking items, to fix problems there. The fonts might   
   > improve the appearance of an application that relies on   
   > those being in the system folder.   
   8< snip >8   
      
   Ah, yes, I remember this from my past experiments; I installed (free)   
   TrueType fonts.   
      
   I don't know if it's PlayOnLinux or maybe Wine got better (aged), but I   
   don't seem to have that same bug when I used POL to install Agent.   
      
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