Re: [libreoffice-users] Font mishap

Sorry for the delayed response.

On 11-10-17 09:21 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> In "Places", you open you "home folder", mine is "timothy".
> Then go to the View option and click on "Show Hidden Files"
> The fonts should be listed in the ".font" folder.

I had no such folder, but I found the needed fonts on my system in
/both/ of the following directories as ‘Georgia_Italic.ttf’ etc.:

/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/

When I followed this advice:

On 11-10-17 05:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> In Ubuntu once you get a ttf file just double-click on it to get a preview and down at the bottom 
> right should be a button to click to install the font.  

The folder was automatically created. Unfortunately, the fonts still
didn't show up in LibreOffice using the ones in either of those
directories (unless I need to do something weird like reboot the machine
for it to take effect).

On 11-10-17 05:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Also it should be possible for the person sending the document to send you a copy of their 
> specific ttf files although many people are unlikely to know where their fonts are.

I don't think this should be necessary given that I already appear to
have the needed fonts, and in the particular circumstances—which I won't
go into—it would be awkward for me to ask.

Any other ideas?

Thanks again,
Mark

ps. Since a few days have elapsed, here's the initial email I had sent:
> > > From: Macho Philipovich<macho.philipovich@gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Font mishap
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Date: Monday, 17 October, 2011, 4:16
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I hope this is the appropriate place to send support
> > > questions. I
> > > couldn't find anything relevant in the FAQ or other help
> > > documents. I'm
> > > running LibreOffice 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (Build:302), shipped
> > > with Ubuntu 11.10.
> > >
> > > I have ttf-mscorefonts-installer set up, and so fonts like
> > > "Georgia" are
> > > available and can be italicized, etc. However, I was sent a
> > > large
> > > document that is mostly in Georgia, and looks fine, but has
> > > problems
> > > with italics and bold. Rather than having the font set to
> > > "Georgia"
> > > along with the property of being bolded or italicized, the
> > > document has
> > > the font name in various places itself set to "Georgia
> > > Italic", "Georgia
> > > Bold", or "Georgia Bold Italic", which it doesn't
> > > recognize, so renders
> > > in some default sans serif font.
> > >
> > > I need to be able to view the file properly without messing
> > > with its
> > > fonts, as I'm going to record changes to collaborate with
> > > the author. Is
> > > there some way I can do this? Is a "replacement table" what
> > > I need? I
> > > wasn't able to figure out how to do it or find any
> > > documentation that
> > > seemed to work for my version.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help and for maintaining such a great
> > > product,
> > > Macho

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