Re: [libreoffice-users] Font Issues Mac OS X

On 12/05/2012 12:23 PM, Oogie McGuire wrote:
> I've searched but none of the threads I can find seem to exactly cover my problem and various 
> possible fixes about verifying the fonts are installed correctly haven't helped.
>
> Some fonts on my system suddenly become unavailable to LO. It happens in Calc and Writer.
>
> A typical symptom is that a spreadsheet I have that has been running fine for years and uses say 
> Geneva font size 10 will suddenly be unreadable. All the cells will be blank and the font name is 
> blank on the font drop down list. I can usually get it fixed by quitting LO and re-opening but 
> sometimes it takes several tries.
>
> In writer I can get a document and it also appears blank.  again, the fonts are installed correctly 
> and in all cases they work just fine under MS Office with no changes.
>
> Related is that in Calc if I click the upper left blank corner to select the entire sheet, and 
> change the font I cannot change the size of the font. I've had cases where within a single cell, 
> due to cut past issues, I end up with text in 2 or more font sizes. I want to be able to just reset 
> the entire sheet to my preferred font and size. I can change the font but not the size that way 
> even though it appears to be working it doesn't actually change the font.
>
> And finally no matter what I do the help file is blank when I open it up. I believe it's a related 
> font issue but cannot seem to fix it.
>
> OS X 10.6.8
> LibreOffice 3.5.6.2
> Build ID: e0fbe70-dcba98b-297ab39-994e618-0f858f0
>
> Eugenie (Oogie) McGuire
> Desert Weyr http://www.desertweyr.com/
> Paonia, CO USA
     Something to try: open Wrtier with a blank document ("Untitled"). 
Use this key combination: Command+T. This opens the Styles and 
Formatting window. The list you see are the paragraphs styles. Locate 
Default in that list. Then Control+Click Default and select Modify from 
the context menu. Click the Font tab. This has three lists: Family, the 
Typeface, and the font sizes. See if you can change what you need here.
     If you open Calc and use these same key combinations, you should 
be able to do the same thing.
     Another key combination to use with Writer open: Command+, 
(Command key and comma). This opens Preference. Look at LibreOffice 
Writer -> Basic Fonts Western. There you can set the font that you want 
to use for LibreOffice and the font sizes for specific categories.
     If I had my choice, I would use the Styles and Formatting window 
for changing fonts and their sizes. I have been doing this on my Mac for 
the past 4 years with no problems with originally OpenOffice.org and 
lately LibreOffice.

--Dan

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