On 10 Apr 2006, at 11:45, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Andy Pepperdine wrote: > > AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and > > printing. The X11 font directories define those for display, the printing > > fonts are elsewhere. I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. But an > > update to the system (Suse) seemed to automatically fix it so I did not > > pursue the matter to discover exactly where they all were and how to > > configure cups and printers to get the fonts. > > On a current desktop the easiest way for a user to install fonts and > make them available for both display and print is to create a directory > named ".fonts" in his home directory and copy there the font files, no > need to touch X11 configuration at all. > The copy of OOo which I have installed on my computer does not need > spadmin or something else to access those fonts.
But does it work with OpenType fonts? I have followed both instructions -- installed all in /home/jjj/.fonts, which made no difference, and in /usr/share/fonts/type1/opentype, which also made no difference. I also navigated to each of those folders with the command line and give it the command mkfontdir, again with no success. After every attempt I restarted the computer. The OpenType fonts are all visible and work perfectly in Scribus, both for display and printing. If I go to a file browser (Konqueror, Krusader, Xfe, Nautilus) and type "fonts:///" in the location bar the file manager displays all the fonts, complete with a correct display of what they look like. Hence, I am sure they are properly installed in the system. Someone on an OO.o forum told me that this is a bug with OpenType fonts in OO.o if the OpenType is a Type 1 in an OpenType wrapper (which most of these are). However, I also have some that are TrueType in OpenType wrappers and OO.o does not see those either. I can't believe we can't use OpenType fonts in OO.o. This is pretty much a showstopper. Adobe doesn't even sell Type 1 any more, and the other foundries are soon to follow suit, if they haven't already. I also have OO.o on my Windows 2000 desktop and they work fine there. It's just on my Linux laptop where I can't use them. Of course, that's where I desperately need them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
