>> 2) As root just copy them to /usr/share/fonts/truetype

Did this (for all MS TT fonts) & they are available from F'fox, the
Appearance tab and other applications (OO.org Writer....don't know if
they are from the same (system) font source, or if OO.org stores the
fonts it uses in it's own folder/dir (as they are all preceded by 'A',
wheraes the TrueType fonts have a TT prefix).
Some of the things you mentioned above are beyond my present
understanding, as I am new to Linux. But from what I understood as a
summary the [/usr/share/fonts/truetype] folder is the central
repository for all fonts for the entire OS (similar to Control Panel --
> Fonts in Windows). As mentioned earlier (J G Miller) -

> Yes, the latest version of fontconfig has made it a lot easier for adding
> fonts to the standard directories and it simply finds them, and the
> developers are to be applauded for this big improvement.

I tried to copy them using File Commander/Nautilus (use gnome as my
default desktop) while logged in as a normal user; but could not do
so. So logged out & back in as 'root' and could then copy them to the
correct folder outlined above, from the CD.

Before this, tried the CLI (using xterm, with the following syntax)

host@domain:~> cp -bv /media/fonts/*.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype

But this did not help. Tried doing it after sudo -i; but that did not
work either. What was wrong in the syntax?

> don't know the KDE equivalent, in Gnome/Default desktop its System ->
> Look and Feel -> Appearance for Suse11 and in Suse 10.3 its Applications -
> Utilities -> Desktop -> Appearance. You can install new Themes and
> Backgrounds but not the fonts.

It's Computer --> System --> Control Center --> Look & Feel -->
Appearance.

> You can install new Themes and Backgrounds but not the fonts.

From where to get & how can one install new themes. Especially, would
like to install the default Nodoka theme from Fedora Core 9 (being as
I have been unsuccessful 4 times in installing FC 9, due to Gfx Card
driver problem....by that time, openSUSE 11.0 was out & so I installed
openSUSE 11.0 (DVD came with a local computer magazine). In
retrospect, I feel openSUSE 11.0 was a good choice.

> I would loved to have seen that the person him or herself would have
> taken the time to read what I wrote. Now he or she has learned absolutely
> nothing.

Tried out the methods above 'before' reading Arthur Buse's post. As a
newcomer to Linux, one gets to learn new things everyday.

However, the 'font bleed' problem is still there. Currently, using
Appearance --> Fonts --> Monochrome partially solves the problem
(display in consoles, Nautilus & most other gnome apps, Firefox, etc
is ok). Though, will probably try out the suggestions in above article
over the next few days.