Re: [libreoffice-users] re fonts

Many thanks. Cracked it!

regards,

Garth


On 24/01/11 18:47, webmaster@krackedpress.com wrote:
> On 01/24/2011 09:47 AM, Garth wrote:
> > Many thanks for getting back to me. I'm using Ubuntu 10.10. I also 
> > use Win 7 on my netbook and if all goes well on the Linux PC will add 
> > Libre office to the netbook as well.
> I use Ubuntu 10.10 myself.  For me, I place the fonts in a folder that 
> will
> hold the ones I want to add to the ones already installed by Ubuntu.
> Then I highlight them and press enter/return.  That will bring up a
> pop-up with an "install" button.  If all goes well, these fonts go into
> the hidden ".fonts" folder.  Do not place the fonts directly into that
> folder.  Let the system do that during the install.  I also use packages
> like "Fontmatrix" to view the font info.  KDE has a nice "font installer"
> install/view package as well.
>
>
>
> > On 24/01/11 14:40, webmaster@krackedpress.com wrote:
> > > On 01/24/2011 09:06 AM, Garth wrote:
> > > > Can you please advise me how to add MTSF fonts. I've always done 
> > > > this in the past using spadmin.exe but in Libreoffice spadmin no 
> > > > longer has the add fonts facility. I've searched the faqs, tried 
> > > > the help files and looked on facebook and spent hours trying 
> > > > register for the forum. All without success.
> > > >
> > > > I am an author and all my work is done using Comic sans Ms and it 
> > > > has been so easy in the past to add my MTSF fonts. So far as I am 
> > > > concerned it's an essential requirement.
> > > >
> > > > On another subject, something that has always bugged serious WP 
> > > > users like myself, hammering away for hours a day has been the 
> > > > inability to export personal dictionaries from Open Office when 
> > > > changing a PC or buying a new netbook. Any thoughts on that?
> > > >
> > > > regards and best wishes in your venture,
> > > >
> > > > G. Crocker.
> > > What OS are you using?  Windows, Linux, Mac OSX?  It looks like 
> > > Windows, but please state it.
> > >
> > > MTSF fonts?  What fonts names are they?  Do you want to add those 
> > > fonts for LibreO only
> > > of your want to have them system wide?
> > >
> > > Windows has/had a Font section in its "Control Panel".  I add fonts 
> > > that way and I make sure
> > > I check the "copy fonts" section so the font will be copied to the 
> > > Fonts folder.
> > >
> > > When I go from one computer to another, I copy my Fonts folder [TTF 
> > > and OTF fonts only]
> > > and save it on a thumb drive, or something.  Then I use the Font 
> > > options on the new
> > > computer to install all the fonts that I have on the thumb drive 
> > > that are not on the new computer.
> > > Currently I have 330 fonts in my Ubuntu 10.10.  Many are 
> > > pre-installed by Ubuntu and things
> > > can go weird if I delete them.  The rest are my standard fonts, 
> > > including Comic Sans MS.


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