RE: [libreoffice-users] Font Qs

If you install fonts while LO is running it won't recognize them until you close LO and restart it.

Virgil

> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:04:56 +0000
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Font Qs
> From: tomcecf@gmail.com
> To: jsowden@americansentry.net
> CC: users@global.libreoffice.org
>
> Hi :)
> The fonts are in the OS, not in the LO installer and different OSes
> have different fonts by default but you can always add new ones.
> Sometimes after installing a new font LibreOffice doesn't pick-up on
> it and i don't know how to fix that.  Our usual fonts expert hasn't
> been around for several days so it might be worth checking the
> archives to see if you can understand his usual answer to this.
>
> Base is a good front-end and prefers to work with an extenal back-end
> rather than an internal one.  That makes it ideal for
> reading/writing-to back-ends on servers.  Base can be a good local
> front-end.  On this list we often have some experts at working with
> MySql as a back-end, sometimes Postgresql and others.
>
> Dual-booting is a great way to go but if you go that way with Vista
> then it's probably wise to resize the Windows partitions from inside
> Windows.  Before Service Pack one Vista often broke if resized by
> external tools (such as if you had Windows on another partition or
> used GnU&Linux tools).  Usually it's MUCH safer to do that sort of
> thing to partitions that are NOT mounted (in order to avoid the
> potential for corrupted data).  Normally after resizing Windows it
> needs to check the integrity of the partitions next time you boot into
> Windows so just let it run through that process.  I guess John knows
> all that already but it's one for the archives.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 12 December 2013 19:28, John R. Sowden <jsowden@americansentry.net> wrote:
> > On 12/12/2013 04:53 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > Hi :)
> > > Font files are fairly small and deleting one, even one that you never
> > > appear to use, could have fairly dire consequences in Windows (people
> > > have tried it before).  So it's better to keep them.  Windows comes
> > > loaded with many proprietary fonts with weird copyright restrictions.
> > > Ubuntu therefore uses ones that have copyleft licenses (= permissive
> > > copyright that don't restrict usage) fonts.  You can probably google
> > > it (or duck-duck-go or other search engine "it") to find those fonts
> > > and install them on Vista fairly easily.  I think you have to drag
> > > them into the
> > > C;/Windows/fonts
> > > folder.
> > >
> > >
> > > Just out of curiosity why go from Ubuntu to the currently worst
> > > version of Windows?  (hmm, some would say Win8 is worse but both are
> > > clearly fighting for last place).  Since they have just stopped
> > > selling Win7 i would guess they stopped selling Vista ages ago and
> > > it's end-of-life might even have happened already.  Xp is still
> > > supported (although not for long) and Win7 doesn't stop being
> > > supported until next year.  Errr, you don't have to answer, it's more
> > > of a rhetorical question tbh.  We all get forced into things we don't
> > > want to do sometimes or find the best choice we have is a bad one.
> > >
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11 December 2013 22:11, John R. Sowden <jsowden@americansentry.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I just installed LO 4.1 on my win vista laptop.  the font I normally use
> > > > on
> > > > my desktops (ubuntu 13.10) is freesans.  There is no freesans in the font
> > > > list.  Is this a 'windows thing'?
> > > >
> > > > How large (in K) are each font file (I'm sure they vary somewhat)?
> > > >
> > > > How do I delete the ones that I will never use?
> > > >
> > > > During the install, I saw a message saying that the install program was
> > > > "deleting backup files".  Are these files that were created during the
> > > > install process, LO files from the previous version, or MY BACKUP FILES??
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > John
> > I don't understand why freesans is not in the windows version.  Does MS
> > exert some kind of restriction to keep 'free' fonts out of apps? that's
> > weird.
> >
> > Re: your question re: win.  Good one.  I use Ubuntu on my desktops.
> > Unfortunately, I have a need for database applications that are run by
> > others in my company, so i can't have them selecting queries, forms, etc. as
> > in LO, and I am constantly looking for a database program with a language,
> > e.g. Foxpro in Linux.  Not found.  The sqls are back ends, and I will need
> > to learn a C like language to write the application.  I hit the ground
> > running with dBASE II in 1980 creating business applications with only some
> > basic (dartmouth) experience.
> >
> > Since MS does not give us backup CDs for the laptops, and they create
> > drivers for laptop features (modem and what else), I don't want to remove
> > win from the laptops.  I have only dual booted one with suse 8.2 a few years
> > ago.
> >
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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