Upgrading to debian's 3.6 package worked for me for ubuntu 16.04:
wget "http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb" sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
Upgrading to debian's 3.6 package worked for me for ubuntu 16.04:
wget "http:// ftp.fr. debian. org/debian/ pool/contrib/ m/msttcorefonts /ttf-mscorefont s-installer_ 3.6_all. deb" -installer -installer_ 3.6_all. deb
sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts
sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts