Quote Originally Posted by Replicon View Post
I could have sworn I just installed some fonts package (ms-font-somethingorother) from the repos and it just worked.
msttcorefonts

Microsoft TrueType core fonts
most often used with programs running under wine, so the fonts match up with native windows

but, of course, you can use them outside of wine

One thing,
make sure you've selected the right rendering mode for your monitor

personally, I think the default gnome fonts are lovely
but it's purely personal preference
you can always change them if you don't like them