---
name: "update-ms-fonts"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "msttcorefonts"
version: "1.8"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-ms-fonts"
---

# update-ms-fonts(8)

download updated Microsoft Web fonts

## NAME

update-ms-fonts - download updated Microsoft Web fonts

## SYNOPSIS

**update-ms-fonts \[-sSAVEDIR\] \[path\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **update-ms-fonts** command.

**update-ms-fonts** downloads updated TrueType fonts provided by Microsoft for the purpose of cross-platform compatibility in Web documents.

## OPTIONS

- **-sSAVEDIR**

  If present, the directory into which downloaded files will be permanently archived.

- **-uURLOVERRIDE**

  If present, the URL which will be used for downloading the files instead of the built-in set of mirrors.

- **path**

  Specified path into which the font files have been downloaded.

## FILES

/usr/share/fonts/truetype