Thanks so much for the encouragement and example! I thought I'd installed
the font correctly but could not see it in OO. At your suggestion I tried
installing again and was notified the font was already installed. I clicked
on it in \windows\fonts and, sure enough, it displayed. I then went back to
OO and this time when I looked in the font list the font was there! The
font is 'Windsong' version: Macromedia Fontographer. It's display in the OO
font list was so thin that I had completely overlooked. By squinting a bit
I detected it.
I truly appreciate the response of 'web cracked'. It was timely, supportive
and more than sufficient to put me back on track. I was also highly
encouraged to find OO to be an even wiser choice of office product than I
had suspected. I hope to return the favor some day. By the way, any advice
as to good font sources or warnings would be also welcome. :o)
----- Original Message -----
From: "web kracked" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Adding fonts to OO2
How did you install the fonts?
What do you mean "OpenOffice doesn't use these font"?
Do you see the fonts in your folder or is it a linked font?
All fonts to be installed must use the "copy to font folder"
option, so the font in the windown\fonts folder are there
and not a linked font that has an arrow on the icon.
I have a few Caligraphy styles of fonts on my computer.
I installed them by from the windows\fonts folder
and click on File\Install New Fonts
and make sure the "Copy fonts to the Font folder"
option is checked.
I have on my computer a set of folders that contain
over 100,000 fonts. I have 933 fonts installed in my
windows\fonts folder. Many are calligraphy style fonts
and other decorative styles of fonts. I have old world
styles and handwriting styles. ALL work with OpenOffice.
So how about sending information about the font you
downloaded and tried. I will download the same font and
install on my XP/pro laptop which I have the OOo 2.2 installed.
I can also install it on a XP/home machine as well.
Give me the info and I will do what I can to help you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert T. Trent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:25 PM
Subject: [users] Adding fonts to OO2
I am running OpenOffice 2.1 under Windows XP Pro and wish to acquire more
fonts, like caligraphy styles. I downloaded one I liked and installed it
to \windows\fonts but discovered that OpenOffice doesn't use these fonts.
I then tried File|Wizards|Install Fonts from Web but could not find a
suitable font there. Do I have other alternatives??
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