Problems with fonts

[Rick Shepherd]

I need, because of my work, to find a way to run certain e-learning app.
created by esoteric authorware and designed only for Win, under LinEx , a
Debian distro (see www.linex.org).

When running the app under wine, I get:

"please install a version of FreeType greater than or equal to 2.0.5."

The program then runs, but fonts look terrible.

I am a newbie, have  been to www.Freetype.org and there is a bewildering
array of packages there:

1. Which one do I need?
2. Version - i.e. gz, tar, deb, etc?
3. How do I download it, under Mozilla or from console mode, if from console
mode, as user or root?
4. Where do I put it as I download it?
5. Once downloaded, what should I do  with it, i.e. how do I unpack and
install it. What should I type in console mode and what should I expect to
see?
6. Or is there another workaround which allows me to use the fonts already
in my Win partition
7. Anything else I should know?

many thanks, Rick