Whenever I apt-get upgrade, I usually get some fonts removed.
So here is a list of fonts that I *need*, and a neat command line to apt-get them for me.
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs- Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fallback table ii console-tools 0.2.3dbs-55 Linux console and font utilities ii defoma 0.11.8-0.1 Debian Font Manager -- automatic font config ii fontconfig 2.2.3-4 generic font configuration library ii gsfonts 8.14+v8.11-0.1 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s) ii gucharmap 1.4.2-1 Unicode character picker and font browser ii latex-xft-fonts 0.1-5 Xft-compatible versions of some LaTeX fonts ii libconsole 0.2.3dbs-55 Shared libraries for Linux console and font ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-4 generic font configuration library (shared l ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-4 generic font configuration library (developm ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files ii libfreetype6-dev 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, development files ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - runtime ii libxft-dev 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing library for X (d ii libxft1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 FreeType-based font drawing library for X (v ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing library for X ii msttcorefonts 1.2 Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts ii t1lib1 1.3.1-9 Type 1 font rasterizer library - runtime ii ttf-opensymbol 1.1.3-4 The OpenSymbol TrueType font ii xfonts-100dpi 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 100 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-75dpi 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 75 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-base 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 standard fonts for X ii xfonts-scalable 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 scalable fonts for X ii xfonts-terminus 4.11-1 Fixed-width fonts for fast reading ii xfs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X font server
cat fonts | awk '{ print $2}' | xargs apt-get install