Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct set of fonts?

On 02/21/2013 12:30 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> On 02/21/2013 12:01 PM, Paddy Landau wrote:
> > I am wondering if Libre Office has a separate set of fonts from the 
> > operating
> > system, or at least some of the fonts.
> >
> > I'll explain my problem.
> >
> > If I have a look at Character Map to find a character that I want 
> > (let's say
> > it is an aeroplane), I can find it in the Webdings font (Unicode 
> > 00d2, or
> > Ò). See screenshot 1:
> >
> > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039236/Character_Map.png>
> >
> > But when I use that character in Libre Office and set the font to 
> > Webdings,
> > it shows a different character, specifically an in-box. See 
> > screenshot 2:
> >
> > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039236/Libre_Office_characters.png> 
> >
> >
> > Note that not all characters do this. For example, the first 52 
> > characters
> > (A-Z and a-z) are correct.
> >
> > I would like to know how to solve this discrepancy, so that I can 
> > search for
> > characters in Character Map (or an equivalent program) and then use 
> > them in
> > Libre Office. (I have tried an alternative program, Specimen Font 
> > Viewer,
> > and it shows the same thing as Character Map.)
> >
> > I am using Linux Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit, fully updated) with Libre Office
> > 4.0.0.3 (installed directly from the Libre Office website).
> >
> > Thank you.
>
>
> My 12.04 shows a list of fonts at
> /opt/libreoffice4.0/share/fonts/truetype/
>
> They are mostly "DejaVu" and "Liberation" fonts but there are others 
> listed as well.
>
> I made sure the fonts listed there were also listed in the /.fonts/ 
> hidden folder.  that way I had the same fonts for all my packages.
I was recently looking at Mint, a derivative of Ubuntu, and I was 
appalled at the paucity of fonts. "Liberation" is ugly! You need to find 
a good
set of True-Type fonts and install them.  Then you can have, for 
example, Times-Roman.  And most of the odd-ball ones that you might use
once in your life-time. I copied the entire fonts directory from PCLOS 
and replaced the one in Mint. But I think you can get True-Type from
Microsoft, free. Not sure how you do that--Google's your friend.

--doug

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