Thanks John. I created that directory and the result is a bit peculiar. When I copied over the Century Schoolbook directory it has fonts like "Century PS Pro" in it and these now appear on the available fonts list. So I tried that one and it appears to be identical to the existing text so I think I'll use that. The size is correct and for me, the character outlines look the same, or close enough that it won't be a problem.
That said, I still don't know why the font shows in italics as "Times New Roman", a font that I do not have installed at all anywhere that I can find, when I initially load the document. One of life's little mysteries I guess! Regards and thanks. John ================================================ On Sat, 2020-10-10 at 14:59 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > You can also places fonts in /home/<username>/.fonts. They will be > available only for that user, but it's easier because there's just > one > folder so you don't have to sweat whether you put it in the right > place. > > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:07:18 -0700 > Girvin Herr <[email protected]> dijo: > > > I am using Slackware Linux 14.2 (k4.4.227). > > > > Do you have any font substitutions in LO's Options > LibreOffice > > > Fonts > > > Replacement table? > > > > Note that "/usr/share/fonts/century-schoolbook/" is not a standard > > Xorg font directory. Xorg probably does not have this directory in > > its > > list of font directories to search. That may be why LO cannot find > > it. > > I found it in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" as ncen*.pcf.gz. It is > > listed > > in the fonts.dir plain text file in that directory. If the font > > path > > is not in the X font directory search list, then X cannot supply > > it to > > LO. I suggest to place it in the correct directory or add the > > century-schoolbook directory to X's font directory list. To do > > that, > > if you have an xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf YMMV), look for > > the > > "FontPath" entries and add your path to it. > > > > Another option is to run the font database manager, but I use that > > so > > little, I have forgotten how to do it. > > > > I just checked and discovered my LibreOffice 6.2.8.2 does not have > > Century Schoolbook listed either. However, my Apache OpenOffice > > 4.1.6 > > does have a "Century Schoolbook L" font listed. This implies that > > even > > if the font is in the correct directory, as in my case, LO is > > omitting > > it for some reason. Are you sure there is no entry in your font > > replacement table? > > So, another option might be to install AOO and see if that works > > better for you. > > > > HTH. > > > > Girvin Herr > > > > > > On 10/10/20 12:34 PM, John wrote: > > > I have a several chapters of a book that were originally > > > composed > > > using an earlier version of LibreOffice using what I believe was > > > the > > > "Century Schoolbook" font. Now when I call them in for editing, > > > the > > > font is shown in italics as "Times New Roman" with the note "The > > > current font is not available and will be substituted". > > > > > > This is giving me a serious problem since the book contains many > > > drawings and framed images and these get re-flowed due to the > > > difference in the absolute height of the font being substituted. > > > In > > > some cases the drawings are pages away from their correct > > > location > > > and have to be towed back, which is time consuming and creates > > > some > > > other problems too. > > > > > > I checked and the Century Schoolbook font is installed where > > > expected; in the /usr/share/fonts/century-schoolbook/ directory. > > > > > > I have not been able to figure out which font is being used for > > > the > > > substitution, nor why the correct font cannot be found. > > > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > > > Details: > > > Linux Fedora 32 - workstation > > > LO 6.1.3.2 > > > > > > I am on a back level of Libre Office because we have hundreds of > > > line > > > drawings in use in the .eps format that is no longer supported > > > by LO > > > on newer releases. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: > > https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: > > https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
