I could start a new thread about this, but since it's only an extension of the original question of this thread I thought it was better to ask it as a follow-up-question here:
I installed the msttcorefonts a while ago, but many documents that I created before I replaced Windows with Ubuntu use the Arial Narrow font, and therefore they don't look right in the Ubuntu version. Is there a place where I can find that font for my Ubuntu system? It's not included in msttcorefonts. J.R. 2007/11/9, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 11/09/2007 08:58 AM, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > > Linda L. Hull. wrote: > > > >> I have been using Open Office for a while now, but > >> I have never figured out how to get English fonts > >> into the box at the top of the page (or even into > >> the other list that I get with right click)? > >> > >> I don't really have a lot of use for ae_Sharjah, > >> Baekmuk Gulim, or AR PL SanHeiSun Uni. > >> > >> It seems with each upgrade I get more fonts in > >> other languages and fewer in English. > >> > >> I would like things like Aral Bold, Times New Roman > >> and Schoolbook. > >> > >> How do I get these? > >> > >> I'm running Ubuntu Feisty, and prefer command line. > >> > >> I am an adult with learning disabilities, and need > >> step by step instructions, not man pages. > >> > >> Linda > > Hi Linda, > > The fonts you have don't depend on Openoffice but rather on the > operating > > system you use (Ubuntu Feisty in your case). To get the fonts you want, > you > > need to install the msttcorefonts package which is in the Ubuntu > multivers > > repo. From the command line type > > sudo aptitude install msttcorefonts > > Close your Openoffice and restart it. You should see your new fonts > among > > those listed by Openoffice. Openoffice has a font-installer wizard but I > > don't think it supplies the fonts you name. The msttcorefonts package > gives > > you these fonts: > > Andale Mono > > Arial Black > > Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) > > Comic Sans MS (Bold) > > Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) > > Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) > > Impact > > Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) > > Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) > > Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) > > Webdings > > Hope this helps. > > Jonathan > > And to add to Jonathan's excellent advise, remove the excessive fonts > that you don't want (ae_Sharjah etc). There are several ways to do this > from the command line, but the easiest in this case is to just use > Synaptic: > > System|Administration|Synaptic Package Manager| search for font > > scroll down to ttf-arabeyes and right-click. Click 'Mark for Removal'. > That will remove the arabeyes fonts. You can do the same for others that > you do not have use for, examples: > > ttf-alee > ttf-arphic-ukai > ttf-arphic-uming > ttf-baekmuk > ttf-bengali-fonts > > An alternate & easy method to see what you have on your system, and to > view/remove is: > > Alt-F2 then enter fonts:/// and click 'Run'. That will open a folder > showing all of the fonts. You can then double-click on any of the fonts > to view, or click to remove my normal Nautilus methods. > > A nice utility to view Unicode characters is to install Gucharmap: > > $ sudo apt-get install gucharmap > > gucharmap will also allow you to copy & paste Unicode characters into an > application. > > Like OOo, Ubuntu and other linux distros are global. So they accommodate > many different fonts & lanuages... which is pretty darn impressive when > you think about it :-) Just remove those that you don't want. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
