Re: [libreoffice-users] Strange fonts on my Windows system

On 02/14/2013 05:33 AM, William Drago wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a bunch of fonts on my Windows system that have weird names 
> like cmbx6 Regular, cmdunh10 Regular, cmsltt10 Regular... Did these 
> come with LibreOffice and if so what are they for? Also, why such 
> cryptic names?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill

They are "system fonts", or so I have been told.  Some packages and 
utilities withinthe Windows "system" may be using them for displaying 
text.  The Command Line could use them.  Some of the "window"text menu 
and titles displayed may use them.

If these fonts were not installed by you, but are shown in you font 
list, DO NOT REMOVE them.  If they are used by Windows or its utilities, 
you may have a big problem on your hands.  I accidentally removed a font 
that I thought I did not need from an XP system.  I did not know that 
that font name [several fonts styles] was used by Windows.  I really had 
some weird looking menu texts till I fixed the problem.

There are a lot of fonts that are installed by Windows, or Linux, that 
is used "only" by the system and was not intended to be used as a font 
in a "normal" document created by Writer or other package. Even though 
all of these "extra" fonts are listed in the font menus, I just avoid 
them and not delete/uninstall them.  You may never know what fonts are 
being used by the OS or a package.  I do know that some packages install 
specific fonts on your Windows [and Linux] system to be used as their 
"default" font[s] in their packages in one way or another.  LibreOffice 
has a set of fonts.  When I type in LibreOffice in my Linux "package 
manager" I get "fonts-opensymbol 2:102.2+LibO". . .   listed in the 
search for LibreOffice.

For me, there are many, many fonts that are listed in my font list in 
Writer, to choose from.  Many of them were placed there by Ubuntu [or 
Windows] when it was installed or one of the packages I installed 
afterwards.  These fonts are not ones I would use in my documents, but I 
accept that they are there and I should not delete them, no matter how 
weird they look or are names.  I have over 400 fonts and their styles 
listed in my Writer font "drop down" option. Many are there as "core" 
fonts I use for various projects, and may were placed there when I 
installed Ubuntu 12.04, MATE desktop environment, and all of the various 
packages I installed and use. Even though it makes is a "pain" to go 
through all of these "extra" fonts I may never use in a document or 
project, I will not "risk" deleting them.  I learned this "the hard way".



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