On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:10:46PM -0500, Amy Tanner wrote:
> I found some links on the web about Microsoft Core Fonts but Microsoft's
> site says they are no longer making the core fonts available for free
> download.

Found a FAQ:

http://microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq8.htm

If needed, I may be able to provide the following.  Otherwise, it may
also be possible to obtain these files from the internet.

-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        198384 Mar 27 13:43 andale32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        554208 Mar 27 13:45 arial32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        168176 Mar 27 13:45 arialb32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        246008 Mar 27 13:45 comic32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        646368 Mar 27 13:46 courie32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        392440 Mar 27 13:44 georgi32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        173288 Mar 27 13:45 impact32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        661728 Mar 27 13:45 times32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        357200 Mar 27 13:44 trebuc32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        351992 Mar 27 13:44 verdan32.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 jts      jts        185072 Mar 27 13:44 webdin32.exe

$ md5sum *
cbdc2fdd7d2ed0832795e86a8b9ee19a  andale32.exe
9637df0e91703179f0723ec095a36cb5  arial32.exe
c9089ae0c3b3d0d8c4b0a95979bb9ff0  arialb32.exe
2b30de40bb5e803a0452c7715fc835d1  comic32.exe
4e412c772294403ab62fb2d247d85c60  courie32.exe
4d90016026e2da447593b41a8d8fa8bd  georgi32.exe
7907c7dd6684e9bade91cff82683d9d7  impact32.exe
ed39c8ef91b9fb80f76f702568291bd5  times32.exe
0d7ea16cac6261f8513a061fbfcdb2b5  trebuc32.exe
12d2a75f8156e10607be1eaa8e8ef120  verdan32.exe
230a1d13a365b22815f502eb24d9149b  webdin32.exe

The above are Windows executables that each install one of the core 
fonts.  I have used them with Crossover Office.

> When I open it in SO, all the apostrophes show up as question marks.

Your problem with apostrophes may be related to the following ("smart
quotes", etc.):

http://www.perl.com/language/misc/ms-ascii.html

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