On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 17:34 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:36 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > > > > > >>On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:45 +0300, 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Okay, Nicu, but how can I do a similar thing so the fonts are available > >>to all users on the same machine, not just the one who installed them? > >> > >> > >> > > > >How about opening up <path_TO>/openoffice.org2/share/fonts so that you > >can use File > Wizards > Install fonts from the web into that directory? > > > > > > > If I do this, will these installed fonts also be usable in other > applications, or just in OOo? >
As this is the OOo users list, I answered for OOo. If you want fonts under your OS, I suggest that you ask on the users list for your OS. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
