Re: [libreoffice-users] add ttf fonts to LibreOffice

Hi

On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 21:05 -0700, SillyOne wrote: 

> My question is really basic, but I couldn't find anything about it, sorry.     
> So here goes.
>
> Adding fonts to the windows version of LE is simple, just add them to the
> "c:/windows/fonts" folder (or install via control panel), and you can use
> them in LE just as in any other applications.
> But in Linux (I'm using Linux Mint 11 x64) I can't figure out how to get it
> done.
>
> *what I have tried:*
> 1) copied the fonts to "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows-fonts", updated
> the font cache doing sudo fc-cache -fv, they show up using fc-list, but they
> didn't show up in LibreOffice.
> 2) opened the font in font viewer and clicked install, same as above.
>
> I'd prefer a solution that can be automated (I'm about to install hundreds
> of fonts), but everything is appreciated.
>
> Thank you!  
>
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You can use Synaptic, it may be called Package Manager, to select the
fonts from the Ubuntu/Debian/Repositories to be installed. They be
installed so the system will see them. The other reference you can check
is the Ubuntu help and OpenOffice help. OOo is our older sibling and
they have extensive documentation.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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