2007/11/10, Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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.
I've looked through the fonts available through the Synaptic package manager, but have been unable to find Arial Narrow. Nor have I been able to find the PMingLiu font for Chinese glyphs, which I was wont to use. Any suggestions ?... Henri
