Hello all,
I installed the MS corefont package (Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS). In Libreoffice, fonts like Calibri and Cambria look terrible at certain zoom levels.
Some post on Ubuntu give instructions to fix this but are confusing for a newbie like me (create xml file in $HOME/.config/fontconfig/ (…)
Does anyone know a straightforward method to fix this (or could point me to a thread that clearly addresses this?
Thanks in advance!
Hallo
This is not a reply to your problem, it is a suggestion you might want to consider.
The Redmond fonts, particularly the “C” fonts are often a barrier to interoperability. You may want to consider using the “Liberation” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts) fonts or the "Nimbus fonts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Roman_No._9_L) to reduce these aspects of “vendor-lock-in”. It’s not for nothing that the Redmond office-suite defaults to a “C” font. 
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Thank you Alpinejohn.
You are absolutely right about the Redmond “C” fonts. Compatibility with MS Office is precisely the reason why I am trying to improve the appearance of Calibri, etc. (I do exchange documents with people who are using MS Office_and “C” fonts are the default).
It is really more an annoyance than a real problem. My quick and dirty solution is to use a zoom factor that better shows the fonts on my computer (when the document is opened in MS Office, then the fonts look good obviously).
I already have the “Liberation” fonts and will try your suggestion about the “Nimbus fonts.”
Thank you again. 
There are also the Chrome OS extra fonts Caladea (package fonts-crosextra-caladea) and Carito (fonts-crosextra-carlito), which are metric-compatible with Cambria and Calibri, respectively. Metric-compatible means they don’t look exactly the same, but each character should take up the same amount of space, so document spacing should all be the same.
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Thank you for your response elcste. Fonts is something that is too often taken for granted but there is more than meets the eye… I’m now a little more “font literate” thanks to you.
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