http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18221
Dave Thompson davethompson@olympicsoftworks.org changed:
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--- Comment #12 from Dave Thompson davethompson@olympicsoftworks.org 2009-11-24 11:56:34 --- I also can confirm the arial font bug, but I seriously doubt this is an issue with Wine, as other software seem to find the fonts just dandy. Likey the programmers for EVE are taking shortcuts instead of using discovery routines to get the currently installed locations for fonts, they are simply linking to where they 'Know they are".
On win systems, it's a near 100% safe bet arial will be available, and that it will be in c:\windows\fonts, but on GNU/Linux systems it is almost imperative that software devs use discovery routines to find out what fonts are available and where they are.
Having said this; the workaround by copying Arial/arial, or putting a sym-link to it(depending on your security settings), into the .wine/c_drive/windows/fonts folder works like a charm.
It may be good practice to script a something to create symlinks for all mstcorefonts into Wine's windows/fonts folder for safety from 'errant' coders.