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[Solved] Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:17 pm
by thedoctor818
In Lubuntu (12.04) I know I have installed the ghostcript.postcript, and ms fonts. However, most of these (URW Chancery, for instance) are unavailable to me in OOO 3.4. How can I fix this? Thanks.
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:28 pm
by Robert Tucker
Where have you installed them? My preference is invariably (in a folder in) /usr/share/fonts.
Make sure the permissions are set to allow you to read/use them.
See:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/ ... =5&t=25792
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=14900
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:51 pm
by thedoctor818
Robert,
Thanks for your reply. Even though I have been using Ubuntu for a few years now, I still have some difficulty with installing fonts (LateX, OOO, etc). I just looked in my folder (/usr/share/fonts) and found the following folders:
[Please forgive my ignorance, that is why I am listing what I see there.]
cmpp, truetype, type1, and X11
So how should I proceed from here? Again, i realize I should be better at this by now, but sadly am not. Thanks again for your help.
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:30 pm
by Robert Tucker
Move or copy all your .ttf fonts (or all of those you want) to folders in /usr/share/font. I usually use Krusader for the job.
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$ ls -R /usr/share/fonts
/usr/share/fonts:
abattis-cantarell lklug lohit-tamil sil-padauk
cjkuni-uming lohit-assamese lohit-telugu smc
default lohit-bengali msttcorefonts stix
dejavu lohit-devanagari nhn-nanum thai-scalable
extras lohit-gujarati opensymbol vlgothic
jomolhari lohit-kannada paktype-naqsh wqy-zenhei
khmeros lohit-oriya paratype-pt-sans
liberation lohit-punjabi sil-abyssinica
/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell:
Cantarell-Bold.otf Cantarell-Regular.otf
/usr/share/fonts/cjkuni-uming:
uming.ttc
/usr/share/fonts/default:
ghostscript Type1
/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript:
fcyr.afm fhirw.gsf fonts.dir putri.pfa u003043t.pfm
fcyr.gsf fhirw.pfm fonts.scale putr.pfa u004006t.afm
fcyri.afm fkarw.gsf putbi.pfa u003043t.afm u004006t.gsf
fcyri.gsf fkarw.pfm putb.pfa u003043t.gsf u004006t.pfm
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:
a010013l.afm b018035l.pfb n019004l.afm n021003l.pfb p052003l.afm
a010013l.pfb c059013l.afm n019004l.pfb n021004l.afm p052003l.pfb
a010015l.afm c059013l.pfb n019023l.afm n021004l.pfb p052004l.afm
a010015l.pfb c059016l.afm n019023l.pfb n021023l.afm p052004l.pfb
a010033l.afm c059016l.pfb n019024l.afm n021023l.pfb p052023l.afm
a010033l.pfb c059033l.afm n019024l.pfb n021024l.afm p052023l.pfb
a010035l.afm c059033l.pfb n019043l.afm n021024l.pfb p052024l.afm
a010035l.pfb c059036l.afm n019043l.pfb n022003l.afm p052024l.pfb
b018012l.afm c059036l.pfb n019044l.afm n022003l.pfb s050000l.afm
b018012l.pfb d050000l.afm n019044l.pfb n022004l.afm s050000l.pfb
b018015l.afm d050000l.pfb n019063l.afm n022004l.pfb z003034l.afm
b018015l.pfb fonts.dir n019063l.pfb n022023l.afm z003034l.pfb
b018032l.afm fonts.scale n019064l.afm n022023l.pfb
b018032l.pfb n019003l.afm n019064l.pfb n022024l.afm
b018035l.afm n019003l.pfb n021003l.afm n022024l.pfb
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu:
DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf
DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf
DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf
DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed-Italic.ttf
DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf
DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf
DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf DejaVuSerif.ttf
DejaVuSansMono.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/extras:
allegro.ttf DoulosSIL4.106.zip MagyarLinLibertineG.ttf
andlso.ttf exmouth_.ttf MgOpenCanonica.tar.gz
antquabi.ttf LateefRegOT.ttf MgOpenCosmetica.tar.gz
antquab.ttf MagyarLinBiolinumB.ttf MgOpenModata.tar.gz
antquai.ttf MagyarLinBiolinum.ttf MgOpenModerna.tar.gz
bkant.ttf MagyarLinLibertineGBI.ttf ohio.ttf
CharisSIL4.106.zip MagyarLinLibertineGB.ttf QCF_P196.TTF
code2000.ttf MagyarLinLibertineGI.ttf ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/jomolhari:
Jomolhari-alpha3c-0605331.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/khmeros:
KhmerOS_content.ttf KhmerOS_sys.ttf KhmerOS.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/liberation:
fonts.dir LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
fonts.scale LiberationSans-Italic.ttf
LiberationMono-BoldItalic.ttf LiberationSans-Regular.ttf
LiberationMono-Bold.ttf LiberationSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
LiberationMono-Italic.ttf LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf
LiberationMono-Regular.ttf LiberationSerif-Italic.ttf
LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lklug:
lklug.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-assamese:
Lohit-Assamese.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-bengali:
Lohit-Bengali.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-devanagari:
Lohit-Devanagari.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-gujarati:
Lohit-Gujarati.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-kannada:
Lohit-Kannada.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-oriya:
Lohit-Oriya.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-punjabi:
Lohit-Punjabi.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-tamil:
Lohit-Tamil.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/lohit-telugu:
Lohit-Telugu.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts:
andalemo.ttf comic.ttf georgiai.ttf timesi.ttf verdanai.ttf
arialbd.ttf courbd.ttf georgia.ttf times.ttf verdana.ttf
arialbi.ttf courbi.ttf georgiaz.ttf trebucbd.ttf verdanaz.ttf
ariali.ttf couri.ttf impact.ttf trebucbi.ttf webdings.ttf
arial.ttf cour.ttf tahoma.ttf trebucit.ttf
ariblk.ttf fonts.dir timesbd.ttf trebuc.ttf
comicbd.ttf georgiab.ttf timesbi.ttf verdanab.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/nhn-nanum:
NanumGothicBold.ttf NanumGothicExtraBold.ttf NanumGothic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/opensymbol:
opens___.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/paktype-naqsh:
PakType_Naqsh.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/paratype-pt-sans:
PTN57F.ttf PTN77F.ttf PTS55F.ttf PTS56F.ttf PTS75F.ttf PTS76F.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-abyssinica:
AbyssinicaSIL-R.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-padauk:
Padauk-Bold.ttf Padauk.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/smc:
Meera.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/stix:
STIXGeneralBolIta.otf STIXGeneralItalic.otf
STIXGeneralBol.otf STIXGeneral.otf
/usr/share/fonts/thai-scalable:
Waree-BoldOblique.ttf Waree-Bold.ttf Waree-Oblique.ttf Waree.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/vlgothic:
VL-Gothic-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/wqy-zenhei:
wqy-zenhei.ttc
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:18 pm
by thedoctor818
So, if I understand you correctly, I can copy that code into a terminal and run it? How then (for instance) could I add URW Chancery to that?
Thanks a lot!!!
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:31 pm
by RoryOF
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:53 pm
by thedoctor818
RoryOF, thanks for your help - that did the trick. Thanks again.
Re: Cannot load fonts in OOO
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:54 pm
by Robert Tucker
thedoctor818 wrote:So, if I understand you correctly, I can copy that code into a terminal and run it?
No that is just a listing of the directories and fonts they contain on my computer to give a basic idea of how they can be arranged. All you need to do to install a "modern" ttf (truetype) is copy it to the /usr/share/font folder or any folder within it or any folder within a folder within it and that is all. You will need to have root permissions to copy into /usr/share/fonts of course. You can use the cp command at the command line or you can install Krusader or something like it and run that as root. You need to make sure that you have permission to read the font file in /usr/share/fonts as a user.