A quick Google finds this: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=29103&highlight=opentype+font
indicating that OpenType fonts are wrappers either for Truetype or PS fonts, and that OOo supports only the former. On Sunday 16 April 2006 22:50, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:38:57 +0200 > > Guido Pinkernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > Are you using cups? See [1]. Anyway, setting up printer with spadmin > > > > is something different than installing fonts with spadmin. To get > > > > past the problem with "Generic Printer" (which is not necessary for > > > > installing fonts), in spadmin you create a PDF-Printer, say, and then > > > > add the command line you normally use to access your printer. In KDE > > > > I simply add "kprinter". > > > > > > Unless I've totally missed something, to get OOo applications to see > > > the fonts (i.e. in the font selection drop list etc) you need to > > > install them using spadmin. Maybe you can just drop them into the > > > appropriate directory, but I've always assumed that spadmin may do more > > > than just that. I also assume this means that the OOo printing > > > component can then also use them, > > > > That's probably the case, however, John implied that one needs to set up > > a different printer than the "generic" to be able to install fonts with > > spadmin. Which isn't the case. I might have misunderstood or overread > > something, though. I didn't follow the whole thread. > > Look, I've tried spadmin. As root. In fact, you can't run it unless you run > it as root. > > The problem is spadmin CANNOT SEE OPENTYPE FONTS. I browse to the folder > and it thinks the folder is empty. I add a TrueType to the folder and then > it sees that font. But it does not see a font file with the .otf extension > as a "font file." > > Therefore I cannot install OpenType fonts for OO.o with spadmin. > > The fonts are correctly installed in the system. Most other apps can see > and use them just fine. > > Any other way to get OO.o to see my OpenType fonts? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
