Then how does one get these new ones into the programs for use?
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: On 02/21/2013 12:30 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > >> On 02/21/2013 12:01 PM, Paddy Landau wrote: >> >>> I am wondering if Libre Office has a separate set of fonts from the >>> operating >>> system, or at least some of the fonts. >>> >>> I'll explain my problem. >>> >>> If I have a look at Character Map to find a character that I want (let's >>> say >>> it is an aeroplane), I can find it in the Webdings font (Unicode 00d2, or >>> Ò). See screenshot 1: >>> >>> <http://nabble.**documentfoundation.org/file/** >>> n4039236/Character_Map.png<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039236/Character_Map.png> >>> > >>> >>> But when I use that character in Libre Office and set the font to >>> Webdings, >>> it shows a different character, specifically an in-box. See screenshot 2: >>> >>> <http://nabble.**documentfoundation.org/file/**n4039236/Libre_Office_** >>> characters.png<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039236/Libre_Office_characters.png>> >>> >>> >>> Note that not all characters do this. For example, the first 52 >>> characters >>> (A-Z and a-z) are correct. >>> >>> I would like to know how to solve this discrepancy, so that I can search >>> for >>> characters in Character Map (or an equivalent program) and then use them >>> in >>> Libre Office. (I have tried an alternative program, Specimen Font Viewer, >>> and it shows the same thing as Character Map.) >>> >>> I am using Linux Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit, fully updated) with Libre Office >>> 4.0.0.3 (installed directly from the Libre Office website). >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> >>> >> >> My 12.04 shows a list of fonts at >> /opt/libreoffice4.0/share/**fonts/truetype/ >> >> They are mostly "DejaVu" and "Liberation" fonts but there are others >> listed as well. >> >> I made sure the fonts listed there were also listed in the /.fonts/ >> hidden folder. that way I had the same fonts for all my packages. >> >> >> >> >> >> I was recently looking at Mint, a derivative of Ubuntu, and I was > appalled at the paucity of fonts. "Liberation" is ugly! You need to find a > good > set of True-Type fonts and install them. Then you can have, for example, > Times-Roman. And most of the odd-ball ones that you might use > once in your life-time. I copied the entire fonts directory from PCLOS and > replaced the one in Mint. But I think you can get True-Type from > Microsoft, free. Not sure how you do that--Google's your friend. > > --doug > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
