While the default fonts in Ubuntu may look nice, they differ from the default fonts in Windows in an obvious way: their big size. This applies to other aspects of the GUI in Ubuntu as well, but I will discuss that in another post. Since having Microsoft fonts in your Ubuntu installation is an advantage anyway, I thought I might as well use them as my system fonts.
There is a problem, however, and that is the hassle to get the looks of those fonts right. After you figured it all out, which can take a while if you are on your own, it is actually quite simple. But like every “fix” for Ubuntu, it takes a lot of time learning what is causing your problems and finding a solution for it.